what are ur personal views on Euthanasia?

Answer 1

I can't believe it's humane to put down a suffering animal, but not a suffering human. It's your life, end it how you want.

Answer 2

The basic thesis of euthanasia is that terminating the life of an individual ends all suffering.

This is, contrary to what US culture mainly holds, a profoundly religious question, because the thesis centers around a profoundly religious issue: what is the state of the human consciousness/personhood after death? Euthanasia REQUIRES the assumption that the dead either cease all awareness (which not only ends all suffering but also all pleasure, you know), or that all the dead enter a state of awareness that is at least neutral, or perhaps joyful, awareness.

Thus, when the issue of euthanasia is correctly discussed, it must inevitably boil down to evidence for or against an afterlife, and evidence about the human status in that afterlife.

As a physician, in practice for a quarter of a century, I've chosen not to provide physician assisted suicide (the current euphemism for euthanasia); my reason for refusing is, of course, profoundly religious--it is my conviction that the evidence of there being an afterlife that has the potential for infinite torment is strong enough that it is a risk no sane person should court...

Answer 3

As a medical student, we often come across this kind of debates. Euthanasia is the act of suicide with the aid of a physician. However misconception is that the removing of the tracheal tube required for assisted respiration from a patient who is dying is euthanasia, but actually it is not. It is an accepted form of practice by medical councils all over the world.

However if a patient comes up to us and says that he/she wants to die, it is best that we discuss the reasons and come up with a better solution that is worth living for. Moreover in Singapore that form of assisted suicide is not legal.

The best way to avoid dilemmas when you're in a state of vegetation such as a coma is to get a medical directorate stating whether you want a DNR (do not rescuscitate) or not. However this is best discussed with a physician on a case by case basis.

Answer 4

you need to ask yourself, how would I feel if it were me suffering to an inevitable death? It doesn't matter how much pain relief you can offer someone, it always wears off or they develop a tolerance, or the pain intensifies as the end draws near. So tell me would you want to feel the agony and watch your family and friends keep death watch over you with a helpless feeling that there is nothing they can do for you. Wouldn't you rather be able to plan your last day and still be somewhat coherent so you could say all the things you need to say before you are consumed by pain so rough you cannot even remember your own name?

Answer 5

In some situations, I feel that Euthanasia may be ethical only if the patient has advance directives such as a DNR, and/or living will.

Answer 6

I too believe God is the only one who has the right to take a life. I was an EMT and I can say for myself that I would get a DNR (Do not resusitate) order and send it to the hospitals and keep a copy of it incase medical techs need it, due to the fact that just saying you have a DNR will not protect them from a lawsuit and they will err on the side of protecting them selves. Using a DNR is not killing yourself or having someone kill you, it is going naturally.

Answer 7

Hmmm.. that's a tough one. I think we should wait for God to make the decision as to when is the right time. Otherwise I think we are interferring with His plans. Wheter it's for us or someone else. God should decide when it's time. Nobody else.

I do agreet that if I am on "machines" I can choose to have them removed. God still will make the life or death decision. All I am doing is telling Dr's not to try to keep me alive.

Answer 8

to honest I think it should be legal. It is my life, I should be able to ask to be "taken out of my misery". Now that is also my belief, it should not be legal for just anyone, the terminally ill, those that know they are dying and in pain, comatose patients with low chance of recovery, sure. But not just cause some one thinks that they want to die....
I think people need to realize, life should be measured by quality not quantity

Answer 9

It's humane to euthanize a suffering animal that can't decide for itself, but not a suffering human being who can usually make their own decisions about whether or not they want to carry on when they're in pain.

This makes no sense to me.

Answer 10

I have no comments.
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