julierobinson

According to the American Heritage Medical Dictionary, euthanasia is the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or suspension of extraordinary medical treatment. In other words, euthanasia is a physician-assisted taking of life. It is often voluntary ‘when a patient has no more strength and health to fight his disease and wishes to die in order to stop his suffering. However, sometimes a patient can be in a condition (for example, coma) when he is not able to make such decisions, and there is no hope for recovery. In these cases, the decision of whether to euthanize a patient or not comes to his relatives. I can only imagine how hard this decision is. That is one of the reasons why the legalization of euthanasia is a hot topic that strikes people all over the world. In this paper, I plan to discuss the impact euthanasia has on social values, morals, norms, and nursing practice. I want to ex