Euthanasia: Legal, Ethical Considerations, and Types

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Table of Contents
Difference between Palliative care and life-saving care..................................................................2
Legal and ethical considerations in euthanasia............................................................................3
Legal.........................................................................................................................................3
Ethical.......................................................................................................................................3
Passive and active euthanasia......................................................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Difference between Palliative care and life-saving care
It is the deliberate action commenced by a single person with the purpose of either
painlessly putting a person to death or failing to stop death from common or natural causes in
cases of incurable diseases or unalterable coma (Keown, 2018). There are the different opinion
of experts or health professionals about using palliative care and life-saving care in case of
Euthanasia. Palliative care is the strategy that enhances the life quality of the diseased person
and their relatives or family members experiencing issues related to life threating diseases
(Radbruch, et al., 2016). On the other hand, life-saving care is the approach or intervention
provided by the nurses at the end of life phase. The nurse provides psychological and emotional
support for the patient. Life-saving care in euthanasia is provided when the patients are willing
to be dead as their medical condition is not curable (Vizcarrondo, 2014). Palliative and the
hospice nurses frequently provide training to the community as numerous individuals think of
nurses as delivering life-saving upkeep and are not assured what end-of-life upkeep requires.
Examples and types of palliative care:
 For an elderly woman whose modest phase Alzheimer’s symptoms include nervousness
and obsession, the palliative expert advice the alternative drugs, music usage and a
programmed team re-evaluation as the disease progresses.
 For a child whose effective cystic fibrosis treatment causes breathing problem, sleep
problems and nervousness, in this particular case the palliative upkeep professional might
provide other drugs, play therapy and relaxation practices (Casey, & Houghton, 2010).