I really don't know and I have a paper on this but i can't write on something i know nothing about and on the web all i'm getting are opinions about it. PLEASE HELP thanx
2007-03-11 17:10:12 · 19 answers · asked by waves 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Euthanasia is the practice of terminating the life of a person or animal in a painless or minimally painful way in order to stop suffering or other undesired conditions in life. This may be voluntary or involuntary, and carried out with or without a physician. In a medical environment, this can be carried out by oral, intravenous or intramuscular drug administration.
2007-03-15 14:28:37 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, it literally means mercy killing. WHile this is used in modern times to refer to a patient requesitng the act from a doctor (such as in Oregon), or an owner requesting a veterinarian to do it for a pet, it was used during the holocaust to describe the nazis' process of ridding the world of all people they decided weren't fit for life. In this use, euthanasia was definitely NOT "mercy" killings, nor was it painless. Homosexuals, the mentally disabled, and the physically impaired were the first to be exterminated this way, and it was also the beginning of the "Final SOlution to the Jewish Question."
In the Oregon case (and others like it), the debate is whether a doctor can legally end someone's life -- look up the hippocratic oath, and the idea "first, do no harm." Also, interesting ethical debates arise about whether someone's life is actually their own...
2007-03-12 00:35:18 · answer #2 · answered by schrodinger's cat 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Euthanasia is killing someone at their request.
It is NOT the same as assisted suicide (AS), because in AS the person who is dying performs the final act of self-termination, using means provided by the other person.
Whereas in euthanasia, the other person performs the actual act that causes death.
2007-03-12 00:15:17 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
EUTHANASIA is the process of painlessly a terminally ill person to die.Known also as assisted suicide or mercy killing,euthanasia is illegal for humans.....it is performed by lethal injection, using the same drugs as those on death row are executed.it is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit.
2007-03-12 00:38:02 · answer #4 · answered by payang 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Euthanasia is the right to have your life takeing like if you have aids cancer an so on.
2007-03-12 00:20:13 · answer #5 · answered by bigdogrex 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Euthanasia is when a person or animal is killed "mercifully" when they are sick and dying, and it is deemed that they are in so much agony and discomfort that death would be a better alternative.
2007-03-12 00:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by Charlie Girl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Usually- it's when a doctor administers a lethal dose of a given drug that results in the death of his terminally ill patient- at the patient's request.
2007-03-12 00:20:04 · answer #7 · answered by Joseph, II 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mercy killing . You might look up Dr. Jack Kevorkian , who was imprisoned in Michigan for helping seriously ill men & women end their lives humanely . . He was eventually released due to serious illness .
2007-03-12 00:14:37 · answer #8 · answered by missmayzie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
–noun
1. Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, esp. a painful, disease or condition.
2. painless death.
2007-03-12 00:17:50 · answer #9 · answered by gets flamed 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One way to keep Social Security from imploding for possibly a few more months. Fewer recipients = decreased outlays.
2007-03-12 00:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋