Of Mice And Men Euthanasia Analysis

Legalise euthanasia will ultimately undermine doctor-patient relationship. Euthanasia is basically giving doctors the right to kill their patients. ‘It’s not up to the doctors whether life is happy or unhappy, worthwhile or not and

It is the responsibility of those in healthcare to promote wellness, health and quality of live. Yet from early on the concept of promoting life has existed. The Hippocratic oaths states that, “I will not give poison to anybody when asked to do so.” This is a clear statement against euthanasia. The Hippocratic oath interestingly, also does not allow for the use of abortive agents, showing the concern for the sanctity of life. It does also go on to say that I will not put the knife to any patient, which could be interpreted as assisted suicide or pagan practice of cutting and blood letting. As a surgeon today I would take a more liberal stance on this later statement of this part of the oath which is often omitted from modern reading of the oath, as we now are able to cure disease by the use of the knife. Some would also argue the use of poison to treat, such as chemotherapeutic agents which are also acceptable. Pushing this to the extreme, some may say that much of this oath is no longer applicable and euthanasia also falls under a new area of enlightenment. However, most Doctors to believe that it is their job to relieve pain and suffering and cure when possible and this can be obtained without the use of euthanasia. Hospice care is readily available. Patient can establish living wills in order to make their decision known. Patients have a right to refuse treatment and this include, nutrition and hydration. Refusal of these will will result in datth in less than one week. Patient can be kep comfortable without promoting active death and

Euthanasia is a controversial topic regarding whether or not physician-assisted suicide should be further legalized. Euthanasia is the act of a medical doctor injecting a poison into a patient 's body in order to kill them. Some argue that euthanasia should be legalized to put people out of pain and misery. However, others argue that some people with terminal illnesses would do anything to live longer and believe that it is a selfish and cowardly act. Euthanasia is disputable because of the various ethical issues, including, but not limited to: murder and suicide illegality, the Hippocratic Oath, and medical alternatives. As someone who has had many traumatic experiences and who wants to become a doctor, I am very passionate about the well-being of my future patients and the responsibility to do no harm to them. For these lawful, logical, and personal reasons, euthanasia should not be legalized.

Defend or challenge the notion that George's act of killing Lennie was one of kindness

Two girls died the other day, one sadly took her own life while the other’s life was taken from her brutally. Everybody's upset, putting up suicide prevention posters and talking about how this is terrible and being sorry for the families who lost a loved one. Someone else ended their life through the process of Euthanasia, yet the third death was accepted and was hardly talked about. In Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters, George, is faced with a decision to kill his friend Lennie. George has a hard time doing so because he has known Lennie for so long. In the end George decides that it would be best if he killed Lennie, in a form called Euthanasia, instead of Curley brutally killing him. Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, is when a doctor kills a patient painlessly because they have no more desire to live. Therefore, mercy killing is cruel and an unnecessary practice that seems to be very similar to a suicide and homicide.

Euthanasia may be have proven that unnecessary suffering, but doesn’t every life deserve to go in his/her own time. The quote came from an article by Schadenberg.The article is against euthanasia.”Giving doctors the right, in law to cause the death of their patients will never be safe” (Schadenberg). Doctors have the legal right to kill their patients in the name of euthanasia.You see in this quote we’re talking about doctors having the legal right to kill their patients also in this other feature in this paragraph, Canadian doctors making Canadians thinking euthanasia is okay. This quote is from the same article by Schadenberg. An article against euthanasia.”We must not abandon Canadians to the false lure of assisted death” (Schadenberg). Canadians doctor are making Canadians think euthanasia is okay but in reality, it’s not.

“. . .I’ll put the old devil out of his misery right now. . .”(Steinbeck 47). The controversy topic of euthanasia is when a person or animal is put down painlessly because they are suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. This topic was largely present in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck when Lennie is killed by George. Lennie is a mentally ill grown man who is very strong, which caused him to accidentally kill the only female on the ranch, Curley’s wife, after he was upset over her screaming. George is Lennie’s best friend and caretaker. In order to avoid the harsh consequences Lennie would face, George set out to kill Lennie. It was a good thing for Lennie to get shot because he was always killing

Should a human being be put down like an animal? No, because a person has the right to live unless God is the one who takes their life. Also, it’s not euthanasia because Lennie was not sick and he was not old. When an animal is euthanized it is not living a good life anymore. This was not the case for Lennie. Lenny was a healthy man who was murdered not euthanized.

Some people are against euthanasia and think it’s horribly wrong and others think it’s an easy painless way to end your life. Some people consider euthanasia is also murder. Euthanasia is a choice to end someone's life who is very sick and are incurable. Murdering someone is totally different. Murdering is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. If you are a murder, you plan out how and when you want to kill someone, stabbing, shooting, etc. George was a murder. He thought out a plan to kill Lennie before anyone else did. Lennie was sitting on the river bank thinking about the dream while George was saying it to him. Lennie giggled in happiness. “An’ live on the fatta the lan’!” (Steinbeck 105). After they said their dream, Lennie was shot in the back of the head by George who did the right thing. Killing with a gun is never right, but back then that is all they had. George was here by Lennie’s side till the

People around the United States have asked for a sympathy death. In some cases, people have been given permission for the use of it. Euthanasia was finally legalized in the United States in 2008. Euthanasia was used for people who were in constant pain and/or had a terminal disease. Some people said it was justified act of sympathy. Others said it was no better than murder.In the book Of Mice and Men By John Stienbeck, the author had brought up the contradiction, was it justified for George to kill Lenie? Although, there has been some discussions on the subject, yes it was justified. If somebody was incapable of being safe(being a safety hazard to others) or was in pain, then the use of euthanasia was permitable, like in the case of George and Lennie.

“But not us! And why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why “ (Steinbeck 14). In Of Mice and Men, a novel by John Steinbeck, one of the main characters, George Milton, shoots his best friend Lennie Small, another main character, in the back of the head after murdering Curley’s wife. George makes the tough decision to shoot Lennie himself before Curley gets to him and kills him slowly making him suffer. Steinbeck shows us that mercy killing, or euthanasia is an act of putting a loved one’s suffering to an end by killing them, which can also work for animals too. Although some may argue that mercy killing is wrong and that these people deserve a second chance to live, we continue to argue

Mercy killing is defined as killing someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering. The novel Of Mice and Men illustrates the mercy kill of a mentally unstable man by his life companion George. Lennie had caused George trouble throughout George’s life. George killed Lennie to save him from a terrible life the followed. This act of “murder” can be considered as a mercy kill.

In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, it is evident that Steinbeck felt that mercy killing was the best fate for Lennie. George Milton probably felt as though Lennie had nothing else to live for anymore and it resulted in him shooting Lennie in the back of the head. It was wither punishment, pain, torture, or getting shot in the stomach, dying a slow, painful death at the hands of a man who only worked on the same ranch as they did. In other words, mercy killings should be accepted if and when needed such as in situations like Lennie got into when one’s life only leads to suffering and pain.

Wise, 66, who had no criminal record and no known history of violence, meant only to end the suffering of his wife, Barbara, 65. She had been hospitalized since July 28, when Mr. Wise found her collapsed at home, on the bathroom floor, vomiting and choking” (Rivera). If the circumstances are dire enough that it is better for someone to be put out of their suffering, mercy killing can be justified. So, if it is safer for everyone that someone is dead, George putting Lennie and everyone else out of danger by killing Lennie is the right

Euthanasia, the practice of ending lives to relieve pain or suffering. This is what George claimed he did. Although, there are many points in the book that can prove otherwise. He had reasons to be killed, but who knows if that’s the reasons George had for killing Lennie. Mercy killing can never be justified because no one knows if there could have been a positive outcome, it is based off of one person's opinion, and no matter what, it is still murder.