ot;death" (Humphry 18). The terms "good" and "happy" combined with "death" seems to be an oxymoron. It does not seem possible for the ending of one's life to be happy or good.
             Euthanasia is classified into two different types: passive and active. Passive euthanasia is allowing a person to die by withholding or withdrawing treatment such as heart and lung machines, feeding tubes, respirators, and other devices used to help maintain life when there is no known chance that a patient will be cured. The idea of passive euthanasia is to shorten the dying process or end a prolonged death (Gay 17). Active euthanasia is actually killing someone in an act of kindness to help a person end his or her life (Gay 18). This process usually takes place through d
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