Euthanasia Debate
Euthanasia debate: A killing or a mercy death?
Many think that the right to live is closely linked to the right to death since death is an event of life itself. In the Jain philosophy, there is provision of willingly embracing death in old age. This tradition is called Santhara.
CJ: Dr. Lalit kishore
Thu, Dec 11, 2008 18:40:22 IST
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Human Psychology :
Mercy killing: Pros and cons
A DOCUMENTARY that appears to show the moment when a man dies after going through with an assisted suicide was strongly criticised by anti-euthanasia campaigners and a television watchdog. An American, Craig Ewert, 59, who lived in Yorkshire, committedeuthanasia at controversial Swiss clinic, Dignitas in September, 2006. Now, once againeuthanasia is being hotly debated.
Euthanasia is the term used for an easy and painless death or the way, process, means, procedure or method of producing such a death. Euthanasia is also called ‘mercy killing’ or ‘mercy death’ and is being advocated by many for those who are suffering from the following ailments:
* The terminal stage of life with an incurable disease * Intractable pain due to an incurable disease
There are two kinds of euthanasia reported:
* Passive euthanasia is the requested death caused by withdrawing the extraordinary life support measures provided to the individual to keep him or her just alive when there are hardly any chances of recovery.
* Active euthanasia is related to causing death by adopting specific means, measures, methods, processes, or procedures by a physician on the request of the terminally ill patient to give him or her a painless death.
Many think that the right to live is closely linked to the right to death since death is an event of life itself. In the Jain philosophy, there is provision of willingly embracing death in old age when living becomes unproductive. This tradition is called Santhara.
In this
Many think that the right to live is closely linked to the right to death since death is an event of life itself. In the Jain philosophy, there is provision of willingly embracing death in old age. This tradition is called Santhara.
CJ: Dr. Lalit kishore
Thu, Dec 11, 2008 18:40:22 IST
Views:
4538 Comments:
2
Rate: 2.56 / 9 votes
Human Psychology :
Mercy killing: Pros and cons
A DOCUMENTARY that appears to show the moment when a man dies after going through with an assisted suicide was strongly criticised by anti-euthanasia campaigners and a television watchdog. An American, Craig Ewert, 59, who lived in Yorkshire, committedeuthanasia at controversial Swiss clinic, Dignitas in September, 2006. Now, once againeuthanasia is being hotly debated.
Euthanasia is the term used for an easy and painless death or the way, process, means, procedure or method of producing such a death. Euthanasia is also called ‘mercy killing’ or ‘mercy death’ and is being advocated by many for those who are suffering from the following ailments:
* The terminal stage of life with an incurable disease * Intractable pain due to an incurable disease
There are two kinds of euthanasia reported:
* Passive euthanasia is the requested death caused by withdrawing the extraordinary life support measures provided to the individual to keep him or her just alive when there are hardly any chances of recovery.
* Active euthanasia is related to causing death by adopting specific means, measures, methods, processes, or procedures by a physician on the request of the terminally ill patient to give him or her a painless death.
Many think that the right to live is closely linked to the right to death since death is an event of life itself. In the Jain philosophy, there is provision of willingly embracing death in old age when living becomes unproductive. This tradition is called Santhara.
In this
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