Euthanasia outline
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The Argument over Euthanasia I. What is euthanasia? A. ��good death��- greek B. intentional termination of life by another by explicit request of person who dies C. euthanasia has many meanings due to moral/ethincal/religious terms-mass confusion II. Different forms of euthanasia A. passive euthanasia- speeding up death of person by withdrawing some form of life support & letting nature take its course 1. remove life support equipment 2. stopping medical procedures, medications, etc. 3. stopping water & food supply 4. not delivering CPR 5. most common- giving morphine to patient to control pain but causing a sooner death (given to people who are terminally ill or in a vegetative state) B. active euthanasia- causing death through direct action with response to a request from that person, mercy killing C. physician assisted suicide- physician supplies info and/or means of committing suicide- example: lethal dose of sleeping pills, carbon monoxide gas D. involuntary euthanasia- killing of person against their will- form of murder III. Euthanasia is justified A....
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