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Euthanasi Terminally Ill Patient

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I am strongly opposing the act of euthanasia upon terminally ill patient. According to Oxford Dictionary, euthanasia means the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma and according to Euthanasia (2014), it is defined as the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. There are many kinds of euthanasia including voluntary, non-voluntary, involuntary, assisted suicide, euthanasia by action, and euthanasia by omission. Lethal injection, lethal oral drugs, starvation, dehydration, and use of gases and plastic bags are among the methods of euthanasia (Life, 2011). Passive euthanasia is a non-intentional death and is not considered as euthanasia. Passive euthanasia is a medical action and includes withdrawal of ineffective treatment, too burdensome or unwanted, necessary high dose of pain-killers that may endanger life, and treatment that brings no benefit. These practices are endorsed by law when they are properly done (Euthanasia, 2014).
Contrary to consequentialism, utilitarian, and beneficence view, relieving a patient from their pain and suffering by performing euthanasia should not be considered as bringing more good than harm. To support the argument, extrinsic and intrinsic results of legalizing euthanasia are added into perspective. The extrinsic result of legalizing euthanasia is a destruction of relation of law, humanity, and medicine while the

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