The breakthrough of medicine, nutrition and technology has brought forth muchprosperity to the welfare of life. The life expectancy rate has risen. Nutrition is knownto be at its best and technology has taken mankind to the moon. However, prosperity isnot the only thing that these three has broug...

Euthanasia Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, is enveloped as deeply in medical and ethical controversy as abortion. Both issues involve the termination of a life, and both conjure strong arguments for advocacy and opposition. Pro-euthanasia arguments emphasize the right of patients to ...

Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, is enveloped as deeply in medical and ethical controversy as abortion. Both issues involve the termination of life, and both conjure strong arguments for advocacy and opposition. Pro-euthanasia arguments emphasize the right of patients to choose their own de...

Anyone who has watched a loved one suffer from a terminal disease or unrecoverable injury for any length of time will tell you after death, "It was time to let her go," or "At least he's not in pain anymore" or "She suffered terribly, for too long." In these insta...

Euthanasia is a topic that is widely discussed in the world today. With are present technology when can keep the body alive for years, even if all its functions are not working. Should we keep the persons body alive until his mind stops working? Or should we pull the plug and let him die in peace, w...

Taking a life so as to relive an individual from an unbearable pain or suffering is what is practiced today as Euthanasia. Euthanasia is practiced in all societies, including those that have laws against it. There are many cultures are religions that condemn euthanasia in any form. Is this going ...

Many voters throughout the United States are taking the measure to legalize physician assisted suicide to the polls. If it is legalized, the United States will have legalized a much quicker, more humane method(as opposed to terminal sedation) of ending the suffering of terminally ill patients. The ...

Many voters throughout the United States are taking the measure to legalize physician assisted suicide to the polls. If it is legalized, the United States will have legalized a much quicker, more humane method(as opposed to terminal sedation) of ending the suffering of terminally ill patients. The ...

Term PaperMay 3, 2000Why Not Have Physician Assisted Suicide?During the course of the past 20 years, many people are starting to here more and more situations about people participating in physician-assisted suicide. The fact of the matter is that people are starting to believe that they have the r...

Euthanasia"Euthanasia" or commonly known as assisted suicide has become one of the most talked about social issues in the World. Euthanasia, or mercy killing, presents some very difficult and painful dilemmas for doctors, patients, family members, and moral philosophers. (426) Even with these diffi...

Euthanasia is the Individual's Right In recent years, Euthanasia has become a very heated debate. It is a Greek word that means "easy death" but the controversy surrounding it is just the opposite. Whether the issue is refusing prolonged life mechanically, assisting suicide, or active euthanasia, we...