1DEATH AND DYINGSpeakers Point of ViewThe Physician of the Australian Intensive Care,Peter Saul talks about the processof dying in the twenty-first century and the increase in the number of people dying in theIntensive Care. According to him, majority of the people who are suffering from chronicdiseases that have no proper treatment prefers dying in the Intensive Care Unit tan dying athome. As per the recent study, it has been shown that one ten people prefers dying in theintensive care, where in the United States, the number is one in five and three in five inMiami (Saul, 2018). He further explained that when a person dies in the intensive care, thestress levels of the families are greater than that of people dying somewhere else, because ofhigh cost of the advanced machines. Peter Saul also explained four types of death thatincludes sudden death, terminal illness, organ failure and frailty and stated that deathrelated to organ failure is associated with more stress than in any other kind of deaths.Ethical Issues and ReasoningIn case of ethical issues Peter Saul talked about legalising Euthanasia, as he firmlysupports Euthanasia, as it provides power to the individuals over how they prefer dying.Furthermore, he also stated that Euthanasia should be legal, so that people get the right to die.In Australia, the law related to Euthanasia lies in between terminal sedation and the doubleeffect that is in order to kill the person for the benefit of that person, sometimes opiates andsedation are being used in order to end the life of the hospitalised person (Anaf, 2017). Thishas been accepted in the law of Australia, as this does not come under the crime of killing.Therefore, to give people the chances for right to die, Saul firmly supports Euthanasia.

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