Euthanasia-a topic for discussion....

1. EUTHANASIA-Right
to die or Right to
Life?

2.  Greek term meaning ‘Good Death’
 intentionally ending a life in order to
relieve pain and suffering.

3.  1.Voluntary Euthanasia
 2.Non Voluntary Euthanasia
 3.Involuntary Euthansasia
4 Active Euthanasia
 5.Passive Euthanasia

4.  Euthanasia conducted with the
consent of the patient is termed
voluntary euthanasia.

5.  Involuntaryeuthanasia occurs when
euthanasia is performed on a person
who is able to provide informed
consent, but does not, either
because they do not choose to die,
or because they were not asked.

6.  Euthanasia where the explicit
consent of the individual concerned
is unavailable.
 Non-voluntary euthanasia is illegal in
all countries in the world, although it
is practised in the Netherlands on
infants.

7.  Active euthanasia entails the use of
lethal substances or forces, such as
administering a lethal
injection,overdose of fatal medicines
 Protesters call it MURDER..!!!!!!!

8. Passive euthanasia entails the
withholding of common treatments,
such as antibiotics, necessary for
the continuance of life.

9. 1) painless death
2) Speedy termination of physical
and emotional suffering.
3) saves family's money
4) organs can be put to good use
5) Relieve mental suffering for the
patient and his relatives.

10.  demeans the sanctify of life,it is muder and its
only God who can take away human life.
 It destroys life which has potential that is yet
unknown to the patient,doctor or the family
members.
 It discourages scientists who are looking for a
cure for incurable ailments.

11.  "Father of Medicine' Greek physician
Hippocrates was against it.
 Was supported by Socrates and
Plato
 Italian poet Pierre-Georgio Welby
who suffered from muscular
dystrophy for a decade until on his
repeated requests his anesthetist
friend ‘killed’ him with an overdose of
sedative.

14.  It
can be followed but in extremely
rare cases,stringent rules and
caution to be followed.

15. ADD LIFE TO YEARS NOT YEARS TO
LIFE