Contents:
The apex court remarked in the judgment that the Constitution of India values liberty, dignity, autonomy, and privacy. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra delivered a unanimous judgment. A survey in the United States of more than 10, physicians found that Approximately One concern among healthcare professionals is the possibility of being asked to participate in euthanasia in a situation where they personally believe it to be wrong.
The Roman Catholic Church condemns euthanasia and assisted suicide as morally wrong. It states that, "intentional euthanasia, whatever its forms or motives, is murder. It is gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator". Because of this, the practice is unacceptable within the Church. Many non-Catholic churches in the United States take a stance against euthanasia.
Among Protestant denominations, the Episcopal Church passed a resolution in opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide stating that it is "morally wrong and unacceptable to take a human life to relieve the suffering caused by incurable illnesses. The Church of England accepts passive euthanasia under some circumstances, but is strongly against active euthanasia, and has led opposition against recent attempt to legalise it.
Euthanasia is a complex issue in Islamic theology; however, in general it is considered contrary to Islamic law and holy texts. Among interpretations of the Koran and Hadith , the early termination of life is a crime, be it by suicide or helping one commit suicide. The various positions on the cessation of medical treatment are mixed and considered a different class of action than direct termination of life, especially if the patient is suffering. Suicide and euthanasia are both crimes in almost all Muslim majority countries.
There is much debate on the topic of euthanasia in Judaic theology, ethics, and general opinion especially in Israel and the United States. Passive euthanasia was declared legal by Israel's highest court under certain conditions and has reached some level of acceptance. Active euthanasia remains illegal, however the topic is actively under debate with no clear consensus through legal, ethical, theological and spiritual perspectives. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering. This article is about euthanasia of humans.
For mercy killings performed on other animals, see Animal euthanasia.
For The Megadeth album, see Youthanasia. Animal Child Voluntary Non-voluntary Involuntary. Assisted suicide Palliative care Principle of double effect Palliative sedation. Suicide tourism Groningen Protocol Euthanasia device Filial responsibility. See also: Right to die. Main article: Euthanasia in the United States. Main article: Action T4. The examples and perspective in this section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
You may improve this section , discuss the issue on the talk page , or create a new article , as appropriate. November Learn how and when to remove this template message.
Main article: Legality of euthanasia. Main article: Religious views on euthanasia.
More info OK. It holds that these innovations have a suggestive character at all which is not relevant however in order to justify a paradigm shift in ethics. Lori Armstrong. Bioinformatics, Big Data, and Cancer. Price may vary by retailer. Close What are red words? If the potential for cognitive-affective function is not present, for example if a person is in an irreversible coma, then applying medical care does not have a purpose.
Archived from the original on 5 August Retrieved 6 July Philosopher Helga Kuhse : "'Euthanasia' is a compound of two Greek words — eu and thanatos meaning, literally, 'a good death'. Today, 'euthanasia' is generally understood to mean the bringing about of a good death — 'mercy killing,' where one person, A, ends the life of another person, B, for the sake of B.
Voluntary Euthanasia Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved 7 May When a person performs an act of euthanasia, she brings about the death of another person because she believes the latter's present existence is so bad that he would be better off dead, or believes that unless she intervenes and ends his life, his life will very soon become so bad that he would be better off dead.
October J R Army Med Corps. Last reviewed June Accessed 25 July Unlocking Medical Law and Ethics 2nd ed. Retrieved 2 February A quantitative analysis". J Med Ethics. The Morality of Killing. New York: Humanities Press. A similar definition is offered by Blackburn with "the action of causing the quick and painless death of a person, or not acting to prevent it when prevention was within the agent's powers.
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. In Chadwick, Ruth ed.
Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. Academic Press. Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. April Archived from the original on 21 August Retrieved 26 April In Kohl, Marvin ed. Beneficient Euthanasia. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
University of Adelaide. Retrieved 18 September Palliative Medicine. Ethics in practice: an anthology. Oxford: Blackwell. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. Social History of Medicine. Cancer Investigation. I, Sub-vol. Last updated on: 23 July Retrieved 4 May Baylor Law Review. International Journal of Japanese Society. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Merciful Release. Manchester University Press. Retrieved 23 June British Medical Bulletin. A merciful end: the euthanasia movement in modern America. A Duty to Die? The defendant told the court that he wanted to "spare her" the indignities of infirmity as she slipped further into dementia, German news agency DPA reported. Prosecutors have argued that there is no second witness to confirm that the woman, 80, wanted to commit suicide. In May , in their home in the western German town of Bergisch Gladbach the man gave his wife a fatal dose of sleeping tablets, according to Die Welt daily.
He tried to kill himself as well, but survived.
He then messaged his children to tell them of their mother's death. He told the court that had not informed them of his plan, due to his own doubts over whether to carry it out. In his suicide note that was read to court, he had written that his own strength was also at an end. The two had always planned to die together, should one of them develop a disease like Alzheimer's, he said.