Would You Let Euthanasia End One's Life?
Would you let Euthanasia end one 's life?
Euthanasia is one of the most controversial topics in modern society, and every human being has a different view on it according to their culture, their nation 's laws, and their own personal beliefs. I was agreed with euthanasia until one day one of the closest family members; my father; was on a position where euthanasia was an option; after that I became completely disagree with the use of euthanasia under any circumstances. When you have someone so important like your father on a position in where only a miracle can save your father, you only want to wait for that miracle to happen before taking any drastic decision. When the doctors ask me to take a decision about committing euthanasia I sit down on a chair in the hospital and after hours and hours of thinking I found several reasons why I oppose to commit euthanasia: Doctors have the responsibility to reduce pain on patients and maintain the patient until there is not other option. Euthanasia may be used by the hospital for economical reasons. Doctors ' predictions may be wrong. Every day Scientifics find new medicines to cure different illness, as consequences a cure to a person that has no hope can come any day. Respect my personal and religion principles. Normally on all cases of terminal diseases or accidents Euthanasia is not the will of either the patient, or his parents and his loved ones. First to understand the consequences of euthanasia we should first take a look to the meaning of euthanasia and the meaning of the word by itself. The term euthanasia is not new to the twentieth century. Even in ancient societies, terminally ill people requested to have their lives ended; though the meaning of euthanasia for them differed from its meaning today. The English word euthanasia is taken from the Greek eu thanatos "good or easy death." However today it is given a different meaning, because of the social and moral issues it touches. In the present day the
Euthanasia is one of the most controversial topics in modern society, and every human being has a different view on it according to their culture, their nation 's laws, and their own personal beliefs. I was agreed with euthanasia until one day one of the closest family members; my father; was on a position where euthanasia was an option; after that I became completely disagree with the use of euthanasia under any circumstances. When you have someone so important like your father on a position in where only a miracle can save your father, you only want to wait for that miracle to happen before taking any drastic decision. When the doctors ask me to take a decision about committing euthanasia I sit down on a chair in the hospital and after hours and hours of thinking I found several reasons why I oppose to commit euthanasia: Doctors have the responsibility to reduce pain on patients and maintain the patient until there is not other option. Euthanasia may be used by the hospital for economical reasons. Doctors ' predictions may be wrong. Every day Scientifics find new medicines to cure different illness, as consequences a cure to a person that has no hope can come any day. Respect my personal and religion principles. Normally on all cases of terminal diseases or accidents Euthanasia is not the will of either the patient, or his parents and his loved ones. First to understand the consequences of euthanasia we should first take a look to the meaning of euthanasia and the meaning of the word by itself. The term euthanasia is not new to the twentieth century. Even in ancient societies, terminally ill people requested to have their lives ended; though the meaning of euthanasia for them differed from its meaning today. The English word euthanasia is taken from the Greek eu thanatos "good or easy death." However today it is given a different meaning, because of the social and moral issues it touches. In the present day the
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