Both acts that result in a person's death in order to relieve pain and suffering interprets David Gittelman from the article "Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide". Euthanasia comes from the Greek word meaning "good death" because there is not a long drawn out process of suffering, but a peaceful and painless death. The original meaning of the euthanasia in pre-Socratic times was the psychological preparation of the comforting of a dying patient. However, euthanasia today is an action taken by someone (usually a physician) that results either directly or eventually in another person's death. Voluntary euthanasia expresses a wish by a competent person to have their life ended, whereas involuntary euthanasia the person does not have the ability to express a competent decision. In contrast to euthanasia, PAS (or assisted suicide when someone other that a physician is involved) is the provision to a person of the means to end their life (1). Because death is final and irreversible, euthanasia weakens the determination of doctors. The result would be an overall decline in the quality of medical care. Therefore, euthanasia and PAS should be illegal in the United States.
             The history of this debated issue proves that it has never been legally accepted I our society. According to the internet article "History of Euthanasia" during 400 BC the Hippocratic Oath by the "Father of Medicine" Greek physician Hypocrites stated, "I will give no deadly medicine to anyone, if asked, nor suggest any such counsel"(1). Historically the role of doctors has been to save lives and ease pain. Although people's morals changed in the 1800's, when Darwinism, survival of the fittest, led to the British idea of eugenics (improving society through propagation of the well-to-do and culling the
             poor and unfortunate) asserts Melvin Urofsky, author of the book Lethal Judgments (25)...