Euthanasia

Euthanasia

• Often refurred to as MERCY KILLING or DYING WITH DIGNITY.

Types Of Euthanasia

• Voluntary Euthanasia- Euthanasia is performed because the patient has ASKED for it.
• Involuntary Euthanasia- Euthanasia is performed WITHOUT the patient being told. (E.G- Coma Patient)
• Passive Euthanasia- Doctors give the patient pain killing drugs or switch of a life macine moniter, KNOWING that it will KILL the patiant.
• Active Euthanasia- Doctors do NOTHING to save the patients life.
• Compulsory Euthanasia- Euthanasia has to be performed beacuse a person has a certain illness or has reached a certain age. (NOT LEGAL IN THE UK!)

Active Euthanasia

FOR

• The right to SELF-DETERMINE- if it is what the patient wants, it should be able to happen. 
• No animal would be made to stay in pain, WHY SHOULD A HUMAN?
• Feeding tubes PROLONG the dying of patients.

AGAINST

• Can a person be SURE that this is truley what they want?
• There have been IMPROVEMENTS in caring, so it is not necassary to die. Someone could look after you.

Passive Euthanasia

FOR

• The law PROTECTS the majority of society from harmful consequences of allowing Euthanasia.

AGAINST

• SUICIDE is legal, not to allow disabled people help with dying is DISCRIMINATION.