Euthanasia: Is it a burden, or not?
Now a day, people seem to have this fact confused. By the time when people reached the age of an adult, they are responsible for their own lives, not others. It is understandable that someone elderly might be suffering from some type of horrendous disease or something that might cripple them for life. However, those who are young, it is absurd to ask someone to help commit suicide. People try to justify the act by explaining the so called “differences” between the two different Euthanasia, Passive Euthanasia and Active Euthanasia. Or how many professionals approved and encourage the use of Euthanasia. Nevertheless they have failed to include the fact that not everyone in the medical field supports the act of killing a patent, which is mainly the majority. Life is a precious, fragile little thing, therefore the belief of choosing where, when, and how to die is a freedom that everyone should have. Using Euthanasia, however, is a different story. Asking someone else to help commit the suicide is a burden that they shouldn’t shoulder.
First of all, there is no difference between Passive and Active Euthanasia. According to Weylers, Passive Euthanasia is when the doctors put the patient into a coma using Euthanasia, then cut off something vital to the patient. Like life support, or a feeding tube. Where Active is just basically the doctors directly kills the patient with Euthanasia. Either way, both patients will die in the end. The process does not matter if the result stays the same. To those who don’t comprehend this fact, consider these cases (Note: these are situational examples, they have no connection to any real life events). Imagine a woman who has a rich husband. She is living well but she can have all the fortune if her husband is dead. Thus, she murdered him overnight and received all the money he had. Another case would be if a young man was living in a mansion with his wealthy but elderly father who owns the place. The young man wanted everything for himself, but he never had done anything to do so. However, one night his father had a heart attack. The son was well aware of this, yet he purposely didn’t do anything. After his father death, he had received the mansion and the wealth. In the first case the criminal directly cause the death directly, whilst the criminal in the second case didn’t cause the death, but indirectly kills the victim anyway. Even though how they did the crime was differs, in the end they both had committed murder. This is exactly the same relation between Passive and Active Euthanasia. One can go ahead and glorified Euthanasia by saying it is different from directly killing the patient, and that it is more humane. However does that change the fact that the patient will be killed by someone else’s hand? Many will say yes, by doctors and nurses thought otherwise. Euthanasia has been a sensitive subject for doctors and physicians alike for a long period of time. As claimed by Peretti and Denier, there was a survey amongst Physician over the years 1996. The purpose of the survey was to see how many of these Physicians would be willing to inject Euthanasia into their patient. These are the result, “…If it was legal… 24% would hasten the patient’s death… 19% would provide a lethal injections”. Only 43% of the hundreds of physicians who took this would even consider drugging their patient. Nurses too, are feeling that uncertainty and hesitation that was predisposed by patents, but why? Aren’t nurses and doctors supposed to help those in …show more content…
Like those who are terminally ill or those rather face death than to live as a vegetable. However, Euthanasia is not a quick and/or convenient way to end one’s life problem. There are no differences between Passive Active Euthanasia. Or how many professionals approve the act, they shouldn’t even shoulder the burden and pressure of killing someone. The responsibility of living their life belongs to the rightful ownership of whomever. It is up to them to decide how to live, and how to end their lives. Choosing where, when, and how to die is a gift, not a given right. Don’t let a stranger’s hand to make the
Now a day, people seem to have this fact confused. By the time when people reached the age of an adult, they are responsible for their own lives, not others. It is understandable that someone elderly might be suffering from some type of horrendous disease or something that might cripple them for life. However, those who are young, it is absurd to ask someone to help commit suicide. People try to justify the act by explaining the so called “differences” between the two different Euthanasia, Passive Euthanasia and Active Euthanasia. Or how many professionals approved and encourage the use of Euthanasia. Nevertheless they have failed to include the fact that not everyone in the medical field supports the act of killing a patent, which is mainly the majority. Life is a precious, fragile little thing, therefore the belief of choosing where, when, and how to die is a freedom that everyone should have. Using Euthanasia, however, is a different story. Asking someone else to help commit the suicide is a burden that they shouldn’t shoulder.
First of all, there is no difference between Passive and Active Euthanasia. According to Weylers, Passive Euthanasia is when the doctors put the patient into a coma using Euthanasia, then cut off something vital to the patient. Like life support, or a feeding tube. Where Active is just basically the doctors directly kills the patient with Euthanasia. Either way, both patients will die in the end. The process does not matter if the result stays the same. To those who don’t comprehend this fact, consider these cases (Note: these are situational examples, they have no connection to any real life events). Imagine a woman who has a rich husband. She is living well but she can have all the fortune if her husband is dead. Thus, she murdered him overnight and received all the money he had. Another case would be if a young man was living in a mansion with his wealthy but elderly father who owns the place. The young man wanted everything for himself, but he never had done anything to do so. However, one night his father had a heart attack. The son was well aware of this, yet he purposely didn’t do anything. After his father death, he had received the mansion and the wealth. In the first case the criminal directly cause the death directly, whilst the criminal in the second case didn’t cause the death, but indirectly kills the victim anyway. Even though how they did the crime was differs, in the end they both had committed murder. This is exactly the same relation between Passive and Active Euthanasia. One can go ahead and glorified Euthanasia by saying it is different from directly killing the patient, and that it is more humane. However does that change the fact that the patient will be killed by someone else’s hand? Many will say yes, by doctors and nurses thought otherwise. Euthanasia has been a sensitive subject for doctors and physicians alike for a long period of time. As claimed by Peretti and Denier, there was a survey amongst Physician over the years 1996. The purpose of the survey was to see how many of these Physicians would be willing to inject Euthanasia into their patient. These are the result, “…If it was legal… 24% would hasten the patient’s death… 19% would provide a lethal injections”. Only 43% of the hundreds of physicians who took this would even consider drugging their patient. Nurses too, are feeling that uncertainty and hesitation that was predisposed by patents, but why? Aren’t nurses and doctors supposed to help those in …show more content…
Like those who are terminally ill or those rather face death than to live as a vegetable. However, Euthanasia is not a quick and/or convenient way to end one’s life problem. There are no differences between Passive Active Euthanasia. Or how many professionals approve the act, they shouldn’t even shoulder the burden and pressure of killing someone. The responsibility of living their life belongs to the rightful ownership of whomever. It is up to them to decide how to live, and how to end their lives. Choosing where, when, and how to die is a gift, not a given right. Don’t let a stranger’s hand to make the