Ethical,Legal And Medical Implications Associated With Euthanasia

Ethical,Legal And Medical Implications Associated With Euthanasia

Euthanasia has acquired a number of different labels. For example, euthanasia can be voluntary or involuntary, passive or active. Passive voluntary euthanasia occurs when, in accord with a terminally ill patient's expressed wish, life-supports are removed and the patient is permitted to die "naturally" or "as a consequence of the disease."

Moral, ethical and religious issues pertaining to euthanasia embrace subjects as diverse as "patient autonomy," "quality of life," "sanctity of life," "death with dignity," "patient's rights," and "playing God." Medical personnel and their patients, both old ...