Studies In Religion Euthanasia - A Moral Issue

Part I of Essay
Voluntary Euthanasia is, basically, when a terminally ill patient decides that they do not wish to prolong their life and longer, and wish to die by their own volition, with the aid of someone from the medical profession. This issue of Voluntary Euthanasia has only really ....

Part II of Essay
.... a terminal illness. They are basically saying that the medical profession, despite some public opinion, is not infallible, and does make some mistakes. Also, if the sickness is cancer, it may go into remission, and then the person, if they were euthanised, would have died prematurely for no reason. The next argument against the idea of Voluntary Euthanasia is the ambiguity of a valid consent from the terminally ill patient. Many drugs prescribed to these patients usually have a nasty side effect, such as depression, or clouding the pati ....