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...

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Why should those who are in great pain or are terminal have to wait to die? ... If the family is not prepared, they cannot ask the ill member to hold on for them. ... The answer is people who are euthanized are terminally ill or in such discomfort their quality of life has gone down to a degree not worth living. ... Those who are terminally ill know that their life will not get any better. ... They are keeping the patient alive when God perhaps would have them dead. ...

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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. ... "When the illness is terminal and there is no hope of relief or recovery, however, death is often desired for the patient as God's appointed way to relieve suffering." ... It is strongly believed that physicians can play a positive role in the active euthanasia of mentally competent, terminally ill people who request assistance in ending their own lives. ... The reason: They are suffering 'needlessly'; their ...

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The terminally ill patient/loved one should be made as comfortable as possible. ... Hospice is beneficial to both the ill person and their loved ones. ... If this is the case, it is possible the ill person will have more difficulty dying in a dignified way. ... There are three phases of a life threatening illness: prediagnostic, diagnosis (acute, chronic, terminal) and death. ... I agree that by including terminal illness, aging and death as accepted parts of our lives, we will better cope with these stages....

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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. The hospice program in the United States has evolved in part as an attempt to compensate for the inadequacies of the present medical system, particularly in caring for patients with a terminal illness. ... No one person can fully meet the needs of the dying patient, instead, a multidisciplinary te...

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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...

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Voluntary euthanasia may occur when incurably ill people ask their doctor, 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. ... Ironically, those who deny the terminally ill this right do so out of a sense of high morality. ... In the case of the terminally ill, that means people have the right to refuse li...

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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. ...

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A patient with a stroke may be conscious but helpless. ... If a patient is in deep agony, the doctor must allow the patient to die in a peaceful way. ... The patient known better whether his or her life is tolerable or now. ... "Health Mood swings 'create euthanasia danger'" " Research showing that terminally-ill cancer patients can long for death one day, but cling to life the next has illustrated the potential risks of legalizing euthanasia, say the authors. ... The study, published in The Lancet, looked at 168 cancer patients who were receiving palliative care following a te...

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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. ...

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