Euthanasia and the Right to Die

This assignment is a case study that examines the role of society in supporting euthanasia, including a analysis of official reports and controversial cases. It provides a comprehensive overview of the topic, discussing various aspects such as jurisprudence, medical ethics, and social support for euthanasia. The case study also includes references to relevant books and journals, online articles, and a detailed bibliography.

UNDERSTANDING LAW

Table of Contents
PART A...........................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Euthanasia in United Kingdom and Belgium..............................................................................1
Main influences of Euthanasia....................................................................................................2
Role of society's morals, attitudes and values.............................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
PART B............................................................................................................................................1
REFLECTIVE..................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

PART A
INTRODUCTION
Euthanasia is the concept of painless and wilful death. This is given to patient when the
patient is suffering from incurable pain and is termed as mercy killing. Further, it is the kind of
suicide which is prohibited and if someone found giving anyone Euthanasia and the person is
charged for murder. Further it is of two type that is active and passive. Active euthanasia id
deliberately injecting in someone's body on order to end life whereas passive euthanasia is given
to cure pain of individual in order to provide them treatment to maintain life1. There are many
countries in where injecting this is legal and there are somewhere is its strictly prohibited. The
Essay will discuss injecting law Euthanasia in United Kingdom and Belgium. Moreover, it will
evaluate the influence of injecting Euthanasia in both countries that is UK where it is illegal and
Belgium where its illegal. Thus, the essay will outline the role of society's morals, attitudes and
values with regard to injecting Euthanasia.
Euthanasia in United Kingdom and Belgium
In taking Euthanasia is illegal and in UK, in accordance, British Voluntary Euthanasia
Society has launched guidelines stating that the person taking Euthanasia is charged under
Suicide Act 1962 section 2 (1). Further, person taking pain killing doses is punished for 14 years
in jail. Apparently, Belgium is the first place where in-taking euthanasia is legal as the area
supports the assisted suicide. On 13 February 2014 the Euthanasia Society in Belgium,
Netherlands made this injection legal for children's with the majority vote. In this young children
are allowed to end their life but this needs parents decision and agreement. The system was
legalised in Belgium because most of the young generation suffering from incurable diseases
such as Cancer feels to end their life instead of struggling with pain. In Belgium the doctors are
allowed to inject Euthanasia when the person starts loosing its mental capacity of handing pain2.
In accordance to legality of Euthanasia in Belgium the health care system has strict policies in
1 Emanuel, E., 2017. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: focus on the data. The
Medical Journal of Australia. 206(8). pp.339-340.
2 Dierickx, S., Deliens, L., Cohen, J. and Chambaere, K., 2017. Euthanasia for people with
psychiatric disorders or dementia in Belgium: analysis of officially reported cases. BMC
psychiatry.17(1). pp.203.
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which that the person is injected under complete supervision and expertise doctors with the
formal agreement with family or immediate guardians.
Main influences of Euthanasia
It is a method of medical treatment for speeding up death to cure pain. In accordance
taking about the case of Tony Nicklinson who is 58 and residing in UK was suffering from
incurable diseases and suffers from unbearable pain. According him there is no point of living
this miserable life and there he asked assisted suicide but according to UK law for Euthanasia, it
is not allowed3. His family like daughter Lauren and wife Jane stated that the people know that
there is no happy ending and no point seeing someone getting tortured with the pain. The
individuals were agreed to assist suicide but the law does not allow, the family fought for the
death in court but the court assisted him with more misery because is the offense and illegal in
UK. Jane diet after the verdict of court but his wife fought for human rights in European court.
However, in Belgium a 14 year old girl Chilean who asked the president let her die as she cannot
bear the torture, she uploaded a video for requesting and she was allowed to assist death in
Belgium4. Apparently there are many cases in the country in which the prisoners as for death
instead of seeding their entire life behind bars. For instance, a convict who was prisoned for
murder and raped asked the resident to grant him death instead of psychological suffering.
Role of society's morals, attitudes and values
In UK the injecting Euthanasia is illegal but there are families who suffers torture by
seeing their closed one suffering from pain but can not do anything as according to Legislations
in UK it is not ethical to assist suicide. Whereas, in Belgium the system allows assisting suicide
to serve mercy Killing. According to ethical values it is not right to kill anyone before death but
torturing people psychological and mean tally is against the moral values therefore it has become
the critical point of discussion. Further, after many cases in Belgium the society made this
injection legal to cure pain. Further, attitude and values of Belgium society supports the legal
3 My life is miserable, demeaning and undignified says locked-in syndrome sufferer as he
asks High Court judges to give him the right to die 2017. [Online]. Available through:
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161494/Tony-Nicklinson-euthanasia-My-life-
miserable-undignified-says-locked-syndrome-sufferer.html>.
4 Grace M. 2015. 8 Most Controversial Cases of Euthanasia. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.oddee.com/item_99258.aspx>.
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system injecting Euthanasia. Apparently, in UK British Voluntary Euthanasia Society has
formulated strict policies and regulations for the people in taking Euthanasia. In contrast, the
society and their moral values support the assisted suicide because no people can see anyone
suffering and struggling with pain. The values of people in UK do not support the system
because there are numerous people struggling for death and there various cases in country which
impacts the mentality and stability of society5. Whereas in UK there are people who do not
support the regulation of assisted death because according to the society there are various case's
ion which the injections are being misused. According to values and beliefs of society this
process can be supported but under supervision. The moral ethics of society states that instead of
punishing the person for life the country can grant than death. Hence, according to ethics its is
mercy killing and not a murder.
CONCLUSION
The essay summarized the concept of Euthanasia which states that it is injection given to
patient when the patient is suffering from incurable pain and is termed as mercy killing. Further,
it is the kind of suicide which is prohibited in some countries. Moreover, it outlined that, In
taking Euthanasia is illegal and in UK, and to support this British Voluntary Euthanasia Society
has launched guidelines stating that the person taking Euthanasia is charged under Suicide Act
1962 section 2 (1). Apparently, in Belgium, Netherlands made this injection legal for children's
with the majority vote. In this young children are allowed to end their life but this needs parents
decision and agreement. Apart from this its outlined the cases of Belgium and UK in which the
patients asked the court of countries to assist them suicide. Thus, the essay concluded by stating
the Role of society's morals, attitudes and values in process of Euthanasia in Belgium and UK.
5 Readman, G.D., Owen, S.F., Knowles, T.G. and Murrell, J.C., 2017. Species specific
anaesthetics for fish anaesthesia and euthanasia. Scientific Reports.7(1). pp.7102.
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PART B
REFLECTIVE
The essay enhanced my various skills which will further helps me in my personal and
professional life. In my opinion it is important for the person to research and analyse the
situation and cases in order to determine thee efficiency of situation. I am pursuing for legal
profession where in need to enhance my communication and analytical skills and according to
essay I evaluated that the data collection and research over the topic enhanced my analytical
skills and research skills. Further, I was not aware about the effects and influence of Euthanasia
and the legal framework in countries. I analysed that there are different type of regulation of the
is injection like in Belgium injecting Euthanasia is legal whereas in UK it is illegal. Moreover,
with the research and essay I discovered that society fight for the assisted suicide in order to
mercy the individual suffering from incurable pain. In my opinion it is important for the people
to research and learn as it is the best way to enhance various academic skills which comprise
effective communication, analytical and awareness about the legal framework of different
countries. Apart from this, after the essay I analysed that it is important for the countries to
implement the system Euthanasia Has it assists the person from struggling with unbearable pain
and it assists the family in see other family member getting tortured.
Furthermore, after the essay I realized that it is important for the countries to formulate
their system to assist suicide to people as it is not ethical to let people suffer from unbearable
pain. In my opinion serving death to people suffers from mental torture is the best way to serve
mercy. I have people around me who suffer from pain and it is almost unbearable and no one can
see them getting tortured therefore this enhanced my skills of analysing the right and wrong of
the situation. Apparently I learned that the Belgium system of assisting suicide is very strict as
the process is done under the strict supervision in presence of expertise doctor. Researching over
the essay and Euthanasia assisted me improved my efficiency of Drive and determination
to pursue my career in Legal profession. This assignment assisted me in improving my
Commercial awareness about the legislation regulated by government to protect the rights of
citizens. Hence, I was not aware about the strict law of UK, which is demonstrated from the case
Tony Nicklinson in which his wife Jane fought for its rights after tits death. Henceforth, I
discovered the role of society in supporting the injection process of Euthanasia.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Emanuel, E., 2017. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: focus on the data. The Medical
Journal of Australia. 206(8). pp.339-340.
Dierickx, S., Deliens, L., Cohen, J. and Chambaere, K., 2017. Euthanasia for people with
psychiatric disorders or dementia in Belgium: analysis of officially reported cases. BMC
psychiatry.17(1). pp.203.
Readman, G.D., Owen, S.F., Knowles, T.G. and Murrell, J.C., 2017. Species specific
anaesthetics for fish anaesthesia and euthanasia. Scientific Reports.7(1). pp.7102.
Wacks, R., 2017. Understanding jurisprudence: An introduction to legal theory. Oxford
University Press.
ONLINE
Grace M. 2015. 8 Most Controversial Cases of Euthanasia. [Online]. Available through:
<https://www.oddee.com/item_99258.aspx>.
My life is miserable, demeaning and undignified says locked-in syndrome sufferer as he asks
High Court judges to give him the right to die 2017. [Online]. Available through:
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161494/Tony-Nicklinson-euthanasia-My-
life-miserable-undignified-says-locked-syndrome-sufferer.html>.
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