Euthanasia and the Role of Politics and Religion

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a point; the afflicted person administered the drugs themselves. But then in a demonstration of brazenness, on National TV, Dr. Kevorkian administered the drug to a patient himself. Dr. Death was convicted of first-degree murder and is now confined to a life sentences in a prison in Michigan.
The story of Florida woman Terri-Lynn Schiavo also puts the notion of euthanasia in perspective, especially when it comes to being enacted as law. Terri Lynn had an accident due to medical negligence. (Smith, 2004). Her husband Michael, Schiavo collected more than six hundred thousand dollars in compensation on her behalf. Soon, Michael decided that he wanted the feeding tubes taken out from his wife stating that once on seeing the televised story of Anna Quinlan, she told him that she did not want feeding tubes stuck in her throat. There is no written evidence of this. Also, Michael has a conflict in this regard. He has since moved on. He lives with a girlfriend, has two children with ...

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adult person with a painful terminal condition. Non-voluntary euthanasia involves the termination of life without the explicit consent of a person. The latter is contentious and is often considered murder. There is also passive and active euthanasia. Passive euthanasia is the deliberate withholding or discontinuation of life-prolonging treatment of a terminally ill person in order to end suffering or allow death with dignity. It usually involves the termination of artificial means of life support in order to allow the natural process of death to take its course. Active euthanasia is the deliberate action to end the life of a dying person to avoid further suffering. These interventions ...

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