edication" (Marcus 169). Physician assisted suicide in Holland is where the doctor only provides the medication and the patient takes the fatal overdose himself (170).
             There are many different views on the issue of euthanasia. How one sees the issue is always going to affect the way they feel about it. Many need to open their eyes as to what euthanasia is and its benefits. Although the general thought of helping someone die may seem ominous and sinister, it is actually somewhat of a good deed and relief to the patient who is requesting death. Euthanasia should be legalized and accepted, as long as the permission is given by the person who is choosing to die, or by the person's family if they are in a persistent vegetative state.
             There is a major question as to whether euthanasia is ethical or not. This question is one that will be unable to be answered because of the differences of opinion across the world. People from different parts of the world tend to see things differently, as do people from different religions, yet these are not the only people who have opposing viewpoints on the subject of euthanasia. These viewpoints may differ as to the type of euthanasia occurring and why the euthanasia is occurring.
             Suicide is seen as unnatural and sinful. Derek Humphry states that euthanasia can be justified as ethical for two reasons: advanced terminal illness which is causing unbearable suffering to that individual, which is the most common reason for self-deliverance and grave physical handicap which is so restricting that the individual cannot tolerate such a limited existence (18). It is important to keep in mind that in order to keep euthanasia inside all ethical borders every precaution must be taken. Patients need to be sure their decision of euthanasia has been a clearly thought out idea. Why would it be considered unethical to assist a patient in ending his meaningless, not to mention unnecessary, pain and suffe...