That is why as long as there are terminally ill people, euthanasia should be legal. ... Of you were terminally ill and had bone cancer for example, you might choose euthanasia occur dying a very painful death. ... "Mercy Killing" as some people prefer to call euthanasia may e a choice that someone with a terminal illness may prefer. ... At hospitals owned or managed by religious groups euthanasia is forbidden and most doctors refuse to become involved are further than removing a patient from the life support system. 3 Current United States law also proh...

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Does a person have the right to take his or her own life due to a terminal illness or a mental incabiliity they face? ... On the opposing side stands more of the liberal thinkers or those who are directly effected by terminal illness'. It is predicted that over 25,000 Terminally ill Americans will turn to euthanasia just in the year 2003. ... For some faith groups, such as the Roman Catholics, "human suffering can have a positive value for the terminally ill and the caregivers"."... People who are terminally ill believe that they have the right to end their lives when they want. ...

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Why should those who are in great pain or are terminal have to wait to die? ... What many people do not realize is those who are so ill they can no longer take care of themselves or enjoy the simple things have made peace with the reality of death and are ready to face it. ... 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. ...

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Voluntary euthanasia may occur when incurably ill people ask their doctor, friend or relative, to put them to death. ... 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. Don't they see that in denying the gravely ill and suffering the right to release themselves from pain, they commit the greatest crime? ... In the case of the terminal...

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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. ...

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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? ...

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Voluntary euthanasia may occur when incurably ill persons ask their physician, friend or relative, to put them to death. ... 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. ...

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"Humans have a natural inclination to continue life (Baird, 98)." Opponents believe that euthanasia acts against nature. Like animals, humans fight for survival. It is our goal to protect ourselves from harm and do whatever possible to stay alive. When euthanasia is implicated, it goes against our c...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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Washington ruled that their prohibition against lethal medical treatment leaves terminally ill patients with two options: endure treatment that will be painful and prolong the patient's miserable state of life or stop treatment so they can endure a greater range of pain in the time they have left. ...

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