the power of euthanasia
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The Power of Euthanasia. By: Christy Flaherty. What is euthanasia?. The painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma Voluntary Euthanasia Involuntary Euthanasia Passive Euthanasia Active Euthanasia. Where is Euthanasia legal?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Power of Euthanasia
By: Christy Flaherty
What is euthanasia?• The painless killing of a patient suffering from
an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma
• Voluntary Euthanasia • Involuntary Euthanasia • Passive Euthanasia• Active Euthanasia
Where is Euthanasia legal?
Controversy of euthanasia
Who has the power to end a life?
Karen Ann Quinlan Case • 21 year old who lost consciousness and
stopped breathing after attending a party• Was in critical care, went into a coma, the
machines were the sole reason for her survival
• After many months her conditioned only worsened
• Should her family have the right to end her suffering by taking her off the ventilator?
Karen Ann Quinlan
Tony Nicklinson• 58 year old man who lived in Great Britain• Was battling Locked-In Syndrome• Challenged the court to give him the right to
assisted suicide• Rejected his proposal• Died of natural causes
Video of his death• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
yiZL8FI_WHI
Right to die• Death is an instinctive human right• Human rights claim that we have the right to
a dignified life, so why would we not have the right to a dignified death?
• Should the government or patient have control over the patient’s death?
Campaigns around the world
Medical aid• In other parts of the world medication is
scarce• The medicine the patient would have used,
can go to another individual and save that person’s life
• The person that wants to die, can know that they died to save another life
Religious Controversy• Only God has the right to take away a life• Euthanasia is “unethical”• However, is leaving someone to live a
torturous life ethical?• Atheism
Euthanasia is not murder
• Webster’s definition of murder: To kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously
• Euthanasia will result in fatality but not under those circumstances
• End suffering, does not cause it
Right to choose• Only the person terminally ill can experience
the pain• It does not harm the rest of society• Best interest for the patient• Right to chose death
Euthanasia
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• Medical News Today. MediLexicon International, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/182951.php>.
• Schneider, Keith. "Dr. Jack Kevorkian Dies at 83; A Doctor Who Helped End Lives." New York Times, 3 June 2011. Web. 29 Oct. 2013. <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/us/04kevorkian.html?>.
• IBTimes UK. “Locked-in syndrome victim Tony Nicklinson dies at home.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 22 August 2012. Web. 18 November 2013.
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