do u think euthenasia is right?

Question

euthenasia, is were a person can ask to be killed becos he or she's suffering from a dreadful illness and know they r goin to die one day or other.

Answer 1

Defiantly. As long as the only person making the decision as the person that wants to be euthanized.

Who's voice is more important than theirs?

Answer 2

This question is a hot potato! Personally I don't think it for myself. However, there are many cases of dreadful suffering that could be put to sleep. On the other hand euthanasia could get out of hand if it was too liberal. Remember what Hitler did to the old and disabled. If I had a fatal disease I would not accept treatment except to be kept pain free - no needle, just limbo.

Answer 3

Given the choice between dying with dignity, surrounded by my family and having proper pain control, or dying in agony, or in a vegetative state, I know which one I'd choose, and I've made sue my family know too!

We put animals down because we don't want to see them suffer - surely we can offer our old and sick the same option?

As long as there is full agreement between all parties, that people are not being 'put down' because they are inconvenient and that everyone understands the motives behind such a move, I'd say that euthenasia is the most humane way to end one's life, in un-natural circumstances.

Answer 4

I think a sane person has the right to decide on his/her own fate Euthanasia could save peoples dignity and spare their families from the emotional and monirary strain of caring for a dying loved one. I believe everyone should have a living will and should discuss their feelings on the subject before the time of crisis. It is really hard for grown children to talk with their parents about this but it needs to be said and then tucked somewhere safe because, you never know. My own experience has been that there are far worse things than dying.

Answer 5

My mother died from a horribily degenarative lung disease.This meant that simply to lay and do nothing but breathe was a struggle for her. For the last six months of her life she would say to me at least once a day " I wish I could die ". But I never once felt her life should be ended prematurely. I am not religous or have any spiritual beliefs in any way, but I know I just would not encourage euthenasia, controlled conditions or otherwise.

Answer 6

i think it is up to the suffering individual after all no one can know what pain they live with day in and day out. I know that if the time ever came when i knew i was going to be unable talk or dress myself and have to have a full time carer i would rather die in dignity and say good bye to everyone i cared dearly about, while i still could. I think we should have to right to die with we chose rather than gradually slip away.

Of course this needs to be controlled by professional doctors who understand the conditions of the illness and the prognosis of the decease.

Answer 7

If the person wants to be killed so they wont suffer so be it. I work in the cardiac unit in an hospital in va, and we have a thing called palliative care, which means all fluids, all food, oxygen,are D'C'd which means taken away from the patient and they rest on morphine until they die. I strongly belief that euthanasia is ok. Basically what we do is a form of it, not directly, but close enough to be called it.

Answer 8

Yes, I think it is right. To cause some one to continue to live in constant pain is more wrong than to help them pass on.

However who would you ask to help you? That person would then have to live after you had died. What if then you could press a button yourself that would feed you an overdose?

I guess if it was agreed between you and person long before and they were totally ok with it. It such a hard decision to make

Answer 9

while i was a student nurse in a developing country i had witnessed how a family requested that their sister be removed from life support and allowed to go home because they couldn't afford the hospital stay any longer...it's one of those first encounters with 'mercy killing' that you wouldn't forget for your whole life...the aide was gently whispering to the lady that her tubes would be removed and she would have an ambu bag...it's a sad picture

there are a lot of things surrounding death and dying that are painful to a lot of people....but to take someone else's life is still killing...i hope i wouldn't have to be asked to ever participate in administering euthanasia

to me euthanasia is not right...because i don't know if i would forever feel right about helping make it happen...i wouldn't want to go through my life justifying what i did that was so not right with me

i am for the practice of promoting a good death though...and that's another thing

Answer 10

Hard question... I don't support it because it's not right to force a doctor to kill you, and what if the target person changes his/her mind after getting the injection? I'm also afraid of political usage (killing someone legally). Religions also prohibit it.

On the other hand, what if the person really suffers a lot and wants to die but not capable of committing suicide?

Answer 11

Under certain specific and uncommon circumstances, euthanasia is acceptable. Sometimes, we treat our dying pets with far more compassion than our dying relatives. If Fido is terminally ill, to spare him pain and suffering, we may agree to allow the veterinarian to put old Fido to sleep. When it comes to people, we feel compelled to allow them to suffer, even if their suffering is unbearable and cannot be relieved by drugs or other means. The objective of medicine ought not to be the prolongation of life (for life's sake alone) but, more properly, the maximization of the quality of life (and the acceptance that earlier death may be the price we pay for maximized quality).