3. Euthanasia is derived from a Greek word In which
Eu means “Good, nice or merciful”
Tathanos means “death or killing”
4. Euthanasia is classified into three types
EUTHANASIA
Voluntary Non-Voluntary Assisted
Euthanasia Euthanasia Suicide
5. • Unbearable pain
• Right to commit suicide
• People should not be forced to stay alive
6. Non-active euthanasia, or assisted suicide, is legal in three US
states;
• Oregon
• Washington
• Montana
• New Hampshire is currently considering a bill on assisted suicide
Active euthanasia, commonly referred simply as euthanasia, is only
legal in:
•the Netherlands
•Belgium
Assisted suicide is also legal in:
•Albania
•Luxembourg
7. Arguments For Euthanasia:
•It provides a way to relieve extreme pain
•It provides a way of relief when a person's quality of life is low
•Frees up medical funds to help other people
•It is another case of freedom of choice
Arguments Against Euthanasia:
•Euthanasia devalues human life
•Euthanasia can become a means of health care cost containment
•Physicians and other medical care people should not be involved in
directly causing death
•There is a "slippery slope" effect that has occurred where
euthanasia has been first been legalized for only
the terminally ill and later laws are changed to allow it for other
people or to be done non-voluntarily.
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9.
10. • It is permissible due to some conditions-
passive euthanasia.
• The patient that request for euthanasia in
order to stop his burden and pain is
considered as committing suicide.
• When someone in pain or suffering severe
disease, he must be patient and willingly
accept it as well as attempted to get better
treatment.
