If living persons become so ill that they cannot tolerate the pain they have a "right to die" to an escape from torment. ... Simmons, 112) There is still a question involved in the contemporary debates about euthanasia which is posed by a case such as the terminally ill who are dying. ... People also believe that patients' wishes should be respected, but that seems not always best for the patients. ... The reason: They are suffering 'needlessly'; their lives are 'useless'; they are terminally ill, or comatose, or have nothing to live for.' Of course, the...

• Word Count: 1703
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In most places Euthanasia is illegal, because they cannot be sure if the patient really want's it. ... That is why as long as there are terminally ill people, euthanasia should be legal. ... In order to perform euthanasia, the patient must sign a will saying he, of his own free will, has specifically asked to be euthanised. ... Of you were terminally ill and had bone cancer for example, you might choose euthanasia occur dying a very painful death. ... At hospitals owned or managed by religious groups euthanasia is forbidden and most doctors refuse to become involved are furthe...

• Word Count: 820
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

When euthanasia is implicated, it goes against our concept for survival -In many cases a patient recovers with no explanation. ... If the patient is put to death then they have lost their right to recovery and life -In the medical profession, doctors are committed to saving lives (Baird, 100). ... It must be considered whether the patient is feeling depressed and that is why they want to die, or if it is to relieve the pain. ... Support's of euthanasia might think that killing a terminally ill that want's to end this life would benefit the nation by decrease of unnecessary me...

• Word Count: 274
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

The goal of palliative care is to achieve the best quality of life for patients and families" (75). ... Terminally ill patients also suffer from breathing difficulties, nausea, vomiting, malaise, confusion, nightmares, sleeping disorders, and other problems that are not well understood (57). ... Tube feeding is common for patients who are unable to eat or drink on their own. Choice in Dying, a national organization dedicated to serving the needs of the dying, maintains that "it is acceptable to withdraw nutritional life support from the terminally ill. ... For patients at the end of their li...

• Word Count: 1933
• Approx Pages: 8

This includes taking the patient off their support system, or respirator. ... They do, however, accept two forms of eu thantos: caring for dying patients, and letting terminally ill persons die. ... Roman Catholics permit terminally ill patients to die by forgoing life-sustaining measures. ... In many cases a patient recovers with no explanation. ... The concern about following a patient's request lies on their psychological state. ...

• Word Count: 964
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The patient cannot help but lay there, helplessly, until total body failure. ... Which option sounds more just, the option of a person's life being taken form them based on the decision of someone else, or the option of a terminally ill person choosing to die based on one's own decision. ... Terminal disease is managed so patients can live comfortably until they die. ... No one person can fully meet the needs of the dying patient, instead, a multidisciplinary team must be available to deal with any needs the patient or family may have. The patient should be treated as a person, n...

• Word Count: 630
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

They also claim that euthanasia would lead to devaluation of human life, because it would force medical professionals and patients" families to judge the worth of other lives. However, isn't forcing hopelessly ill patients to continue their suffering and total dependence on others a devaluation of human life? ... Terminally ill patients like Martha eventually die, and most of the time it is a painful death. In many cases, it would be honorable to human life to respect these patients" wishes and give them a choice to end their torment by euthanasia. ...

• Word Count: 862
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

People argue as to whether or not a person who is terminally ill, or handicap, should have the right or not to ask their doctor, or relatives to die by euthanasia. ... If a person is terminally ill, and there is nothing anyone can do for them, why should they have to suffer? ... The Dutch bill, was adopted in April 2001 and the Belgian bill was adopted in May 2002.These two bills decriminalize euthanasia, that is to say the intervention meant for putting an end to the life of a person asking for it, when realized by a doctor respecting certain conditions concerning both the estate of the patie...

• Word Count: 907
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Voluntary euthanasia may occur when incurably ill persons ask their physician, friend or relative, to put them to death. The patients or their relatives may ask a doctor to withhold treatment and let them die. ... Negative euthanasia is defined as the withholding of life preserving procedures and treatments that would prolong the life of one who is incurably and terminally ill and couldn't survive without them. ...

• Word Count: 490
• Approx Pages: 2

If you ignore a patients physical needs it is considered neglect, but ignoring the patients spiritual needs should also be neglect. ... The nurse and patient go through the journey together, so what is good for the patient is good for the nurse. ... The thought of getting ill and suffering is a lot to handle, espically if you"re going through it alone. ...

• Word Count: 1294
• Approx Pages: 5

To die,""to sleep; " To sleep: perchance to dream: "ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despis'd love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? who would these...

• Word Count: 653
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School