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Mind Map by eugenia0422, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by eugenia0422
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Why should
euthanasia be legalized?
- Definition
- Euthanasia
- mercy killing
(humans or
animals)
- act of killing those who are
hopelessly sick or injured individuals
- act of killing those who are
hopelessly sick or injured individuals
- mercy killing
(humans or
animals)
- Legalization
- make something
that was previously
illegal permissible
by law
- make something
that was previously
illegal permissible
by law
- Euthanasia
- Factors
- Economic aspects
- decrease in
medical cost
due to the
increase of
beds,medicines
etc
- Benefit the poor as they don't
need to pay long-term high
medical fees
- decrease in
medical cost
due to the
increase of
beds,medicines
etc
- Psychological
aspects
- Family
members
- Less grief
and less
post-trauma
stress
- Less grief
and less
post-trauma
stress
- Personal
- Increase in comfort and less suffering
- Increase in comfort and less suffering
- Family
members
- religious aspects
- life is given by
God and should
be end by God
- life is given by
God and should
be end by God
- Economic aspects
- Impacts of
legalizing
euthanasia
- Long term effects
- Political aspect
- Absolute freedom on death may
cause unfair treatment or
legalization or other injustice law
- Absolute freedom on death may
cause unfair treatment or
legalization or other injustice law
- Economical
aspect
- Reduce government's medical cost
- Reduce government's medical cost
- Social aspect
- Some may use this as an
excuse to end their lives
- Neglect and abuse
may be more common
- People may feel more
obligated to end their
lives once they are
contacted with diseases
- Some may use this as an
excuse to end their lives
- Political aspect
- Short term effects
- Short term
emotional
effects
- The family may face depression when
they have to choose whether to carry out
euthanasia
- The family may face depression when
they have to choose whether to carry out
euthanasia
- Short term
emotional
effects
- Long term effects
- Countries that have
legalized euthanasia
- The United Kingdom
- In 2005: reconsider the viability
as a legitimate medical practise
- In 2005: reconsider the viability
as a legitimate medical practise
- Belgium
- In 2002 : consider the "bureaucracy of death"
- In 2002 : consider the "bureaucracy of death"
- Netherlands
- In 2002: legalize it under
special circumstances by
professional doctors
- In 2002: legalize it under
special circumstances by
professional doctors
- The United Kingdom
- Solutions to euthanasia(
ways other than euthanasia)
- positive solutions
- Pain management of patients
- help patient deal with
their illness
- help patient deal with
their illness
- Familial support
- love promotes living
desire of the patients
- love promotes living
desire of the patients
- Pain management of patients
- positive solutions
- Current Phenonmenons
- More countries are
considering the
legalization euthanasia
- the public are becoming
more open-minded
- governments recognize the merit
of euthanasia under special
cirrcumstances
- the public are becoming
more open-minded
- More countries are
considering the
legalization euthanasia
- People's attitudes
- Support
- Hyppocratic oath
- Don't artificially keep
people alive when death
is preferable
- Don't artificially keep
people alive when death
is preferable
- Analysis of data
- It won't open the
floodgates(slippery
slope)
- It won't open the
floodgates(slippery
slope)
- Social aspects
- The alternatives
are horrifying ,e.g.
incapable to move
- The alternatives
are horrifying ,e.g.
incapable to move
- Personal aspect
- Improve quality of life as to
die peacefully, no pain and suffering
- Improve quality of life as to
die peacefully, no pain and suffering
- Moral aspect
- It doesn't
shorten lives,
thus not
murdering
- It doesn't
shorten lives,
thus not
murdering
- Hyppocratic oath
- Against
- Social Worries
- Slippery Slope
- Create unwarranted
pressure for the ill
- Promotes suicide
- Slippery Slope
- Medical aspect
- Undermine
the integrity
of medicine
- Harm
patient-physician
relationship
- Undermine
the integrity
of medicine
- Social Aspect
- Always a way out
- Always a way out
- Social Worries
- Support
- Reasons to legalize
euthanasia
- Judicial aspect
- Human rights imply the right to die
- It does not
create
harm to
society
- Human rights imply the right to die
- Ethical
aspect
- Euthanasia satisfies the criterion that
moral rules must be universabile
- Euthanasia satisfies the criterion that
moral rules must be universabile
- Practical aspect
- It is possible to
regulate euthanasia
- Free scarce health resources
- It is possible to
regulate euthanasia
- Judicial aspect
- Ways of Euthanasia
(Classification)
- Active and
Passive
euthanaisa
- Passive euthanasia
- Medical professional do not do
anything and cause the patient to
die
- Medical professional do not do
anything and cause the patient to
die
- Active euthanasia
- Medical professionals do
something that cause the
patient to die
- Medical professionals do
something that cause the
patient to die
- Passive euthanasia
- Involuntary
euthanasia
- Vountary
euthanasia
- Non-voluntary
euthanasia
- against the patient's will
- against the patient's will
- Active and
Passive
euthanaisa
- Reasons not to
legalize euthanasia
- Historical
aspect
- Slippery Slope effect
- Voluntary euthanasia leads to non-voluntary euthanasia
- Voluntary euthanasia leads to non-voluntary euthanasia
- Slippery Slope effect
- Ethical
aspect
- Not a
person's
best
interest
- Not a
person's
best
interest
- Practical
aspect
- Palliative
care make
euthanasia
unnecessary
- Gives
too
much
power
to
doctors
- Expose
vulnerable
people to
pressure
to end
their lives
- Palliative
care make
euthanasia
unnecessary
- Religious aspect
- Against the word
and will of God
- Suffering
has
values
- Respect for
sanctity of life
- Against the word
and will of God
- Historical
aspect
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