Euthanasia and its Importance in Severely Ill Patients Life

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT
EUTHANASIA AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN SEVERELY ILL PATIENTS LIFE
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1NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Introduction
As per the Greek meaning, euthanasia is associated with ‘Good Death’. There are several
aspects of Euthanasia and there are various dimension such as active and passive euthanasia,
voluntary and involuntary euthanasia, and physician assisted and non-assisted euthanasia (Hahn,
2012). There are several nations where abetment or attempt of suicide is determined as criminal
offense and hence, this document determines the need of such freedom for severely ill patient so
that they can end their life with dignity (Leppert et al., 2013). Further in this document, the
argument and counterargument of euthanasia protesters and supporters will be provided with the
support of World Health Organization constitution.
Thesis statement
The thesis statement of this assignment will be “Euthanasia should be legalized for
severely ill cancer patients so that they can chose their end of suffering and die with dignity”, as
the healthcare law also provide them the right to autonomy, in the process of their healthcare.
Argument in support of euthanasia
There are numerous healthcare professionals, researchers and social workers support the
concept of euthanasia and label it as the human right of the patient. Healthcare professional’s
argument states that if the patient is incurable and shows no sign of improvement in future, then
the healthcare professionals should invest their time on other patients who can improve their
condition within that time period (Boudreau & Somerville, 2014). Further there are several rights
provided to different patients of different countries namely right to refuse care, right to die,
which provides the complete right to the patient to choose their level of care. Further as per Hahn