Research Annotation

Research Annotation

Thesis Statement

Active Euthanasia should not be legalized mainly because the field of medicine is made to save lives, not to provide assistance to suicides. The profession of nursing has the basic objective of providing quality care and the best possible environment to the patients in order to treat them effectively. The legalization of active euthanasia ends up with taking someone's life which is completely against the professional requirements of nursing. The ethical codes for the profession of nursing requires all the nurses to provide comprehensive, humane, and timely care to all the patients. Legalization of active euthanasia for the purpose of ending someone's life completely negates the basic purpose of the nursing profession.

Annotated Bibliography

Ashcroft, R. (2003) Euthanasia, regulation and slippery slopes; Palliative Medicine; Mar2003, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p222-224, 3p

The author of this article is affiliated with the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice of Imperial College London. This article talks about the various ethical issues related to the legalization of active euthanasia. The significance of suffering of ethics and related problems with the legalization of euthanasia are extensively explored within this article. This article seems to be related to my thesis as it depicts the various ethical issues in relation with the legalization of euthanasia. Moreover, opinions of various philosophers in relation with the ethical issues of regulating the practice of euthanasia are also provided in this article. Significant impact of decriminalization of active voluntary euthanasia is explored. The relevance of slippery slope issue with the legalization of active euthanasia is also provided in the paper (Ashcroft, 2003).

Boonin, D. (2000) How to Argue Against Active Euthanasia; Journal of Applied Philosophy; Aug2000, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p157, 12p

This article remains extremely important from the viewpoint of providing arguments against the utilization of active euthanasia. Moreover, the arguments are basically presented from the viewpoint of ethics within the limitations to the moral theory of field of medicine (Boonin, 2000). I found this article extremely relevant to my thesis because I believe this article provides quite comprehensive arguments against the core use of active euthanasia, thus contributing towards the arguments against the legalization of the use of euthanasia. Author describes various disadvantages of the active euthanasia to the field of medicine and to the society as whole. Author has clarified the differences between modern and ancient frameworks of the medical field. However, article also provides various means to overcome the arguments made against the legalization of active euthanasia.

Clark, M. (1998) Euthanasia and the Slippery Slope; Journal of Applied Philosophy; Nov98, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p251, 7p

This article talks about the various attitudes prevailing in relation with the use of active euthanasia. Author suggests that the argument of slippery slope remains the most important argument against the legalization of active euthanasia. Moreover, the author also argues that extensive research is required to take care of the patients in order to lessen their sufferings through medications and alternate treatments rather than providing them with euthanasia (Clark, ...