euthinasia

Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Ethical?Guilford: The Dushkin Publishing Group Inc. The thought of euthanasia as a choice instead of a cure may prompt doctors to prematurely induce death (McCuen 2). On the other hand, a growing number of people believe that euthanasia is acceptable in our society because it relieves the unnecessary pain and suffering of patients and their family. But euthanasia is usually gentle and quiet. Euthanasia should be legalized in all of the United States because it would end much suffering and pain. New York: Society for the Right to Die, 1985. In the Netherlands, euthanasia can be legally administered under four conditions: a) if the patient is suffering intolerably and there is no hope of recovery, b) if the patient is capable of deciding whether to choose euthanasia or not, c) if the patient repeatedly asks for euthanasia over a repeated period of time, and d) if another doctor that has not treated or previously examined the patient agree that euthanasia should be enforced (Levine 110). The most common type is voluntary euthanasia (Russell 32). Toronto: Longman Canada Limited, 1975. Thus eliminating a burden on their families and on themselves. Other problematic situations with euthanasia are that a person with a non-terminal disease may blindly choose euthanasia without a settled desire to die (Haifetz 21).