Category: Euthanasia

Euthanasia can be defined as the intentional or deliberate intervention of killing a person to relieve pain or agony or in case of a terminal illness. This is particularly done by physicians under the patients approval or consent and is considered humane euthanasia. Euthanasia could either be non-voluntary, which is illegal in every nation since…

The debate surrounding euthanasia requires extensive ethical and medical knowledge to be applied. Although numerous scholars have presented their overviews of the topic, additional insights are still being introduced by novel research. A study by Emanuel et al. (2016), Attitudes and Practices of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe, provides…

The term euthanasia comes from the Greek words: euth  good and thanatos  death. It means a conscious action leading to the death of a hopelessly suffering person in a relatively quick and painless way to stop incurable pain and suffering (Goligher et al. 150). Euthanasia, as a new method of the medical answer…

Animals have been peoples companions and friends for thousands of years. In fact, pets are even considered to be a part of their family by most Westerners. Not surprisingly, some continue to maintain close relationships with their pets even after their death  according to Kleinfeldt, in the United States, there are around 600 pet…

Table of Contents Introduction Defensive Argument #1 Defensive Argument #2 Defensive Argument #3 Opposing View #1 Opposing View #2 Emotional Appeal Conclusion References Introduction In a matter of life and death, people prefer life as the obvious answer. Death is a personal issue believed to go without other peoples interference on occasions where no one…

Rhetorical analysis All texts contain ideas that a writer wishes to convey. These are expressed in a unique way depending on the aim, purpose, and audience that a writer wishes to address. The expression of ideas takes various forms. While some can be easily comprehended, others may be complex owing to the content and the…

Euthanasia can be defined as the intentional or deliberate intervention of killing a person to relieve pain or agony or in case of a terminal illness. This is particularly done by physicians under the patients approval or consent and is considered humane euthanasia. Euthanasia could either be non-voluntary, which is illegal in every nation since…

The question of euthanasia creates numerous debates because of diverse views and opinions regarding the value and meaning of human life. Some critics admit that it is simply not true that human life is so absolutely sacred that people may never under any circumstances take a persons life or, to put it more neutrally, bring…

At one of the American hospitals, Rose, a terminally ill sixty-six-year-old retired teacher is imminently dying. She has not had an appetite for two weeks and is even less interested in fluid intake. It appears her body is beginning to shut down as she approaches death. Her fluid and nutrient intake is low enough that…

The world is far from perfect; however, people have made immense progress in the medical field, which now allows to prolong their lives, even at the expense of the quality of such existence. Some might agree that humans have reached the stage of development, which prompts socio-cultural and legal discussions of a choice for those…