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Persuasive Essay On Euthanasia

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‘A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist’ says Stewart Alsop, an renown writer (Murray and Huth). The etymology of “euthanasia” is simplistic, ‘eu’ translates into good and ‘thanatos’ refers to death. Literally, euthanasia means the condition of a good, gentle, and easy death. In contemporary times it has taken on aspects of performativity; that is, helping someone die gently (Somerville and Boudreau). Normally, if an individual takes the decision to end his or her life it is recognized as a suicide, but when a terminally ill or incurable deceased person who is suffering at the hand painful diseases requests a physician or doctor end his or her life it is known as Euthanasia. Francis Bacon first used the word euthanasia during the 17th century, he referred to it as a gentle, painless, and happy death (Beville). Euthanasia is for the terminally ill people or the people who do not wish to live through suffering. Every year new terminal diseases are discovered by the medical community, many of these diseases have no sure treatment, such as cancer. In times of painful suffering and diminishing quality of life people seek euthanasia for relief. Many states have now moved towards the legalization of euthanasia such as Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) is legal in the Luxembourg and. On contrary, euthanasia is illegal in the states of Oregon

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