Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Euthanasia
- Painless killing of someone dying from a painful, terminal disease
- who has little quality of life
- assisted suicide
- voluntary euthanasia
- non voluntary euthanasia
- british law- euthanasia- charge of murder
- bbut withdrawing articicial nutrition and hydration
- not murder
- withholding treatment if little/no chance of survival
- PASSIVE EUTHANASIA
- want euthanasia to remain illegal
- always doubt as to what the person wants
- relatives encourage rich relatives
- to gain from their will
- Problem weather disease is terminal
- cure might be found/ patient go into remission
- Doctors start to kill patients
- problem- even though requested
- Role of doctors- save lives
- Not end them
- patients trust doctors- not fully dedicated to saving their life?
- Change mind
- TOO LATE
- Who would decide if should/shouldn't be allowed
- how to make sure they're only allowing ppl that acc need/ want it
- Made legal
- Advances in medicine
- Kept people alive after they would have died
- Quality of life appalling
- Believe docs and relatives have the right to give those patients a painless death
- development of life support machines
- form of euthanasia- doctors/relatives agree to switch off machine
- if no chance of regaining conc
- NHS can't afford
- Judges said can stop treatment as well
- Suicide- legal
- own body- own choice when to end life
- should be able to commit suicide with help if can't do it themselves