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Jordan had taken the time out to write an advanced care directive which clearly stipulated that her wish was that no life sustaining medical treatment (LSMT) should be offered to her in the event that she happens to contract a terminal illness.... Legality of Janet's Actions Janet's actions can be termed as being illegal because, according to NHS guidelines on the discontinuation of (LSMT), in occasion a disagreement amongst the team members, the team should sit down and consider the basis of the disagreement and try to obtain an opinion from a medical professional who happens to be working in a discipline that is the same as the disagreeing member....
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For the past years, the Do not resuscitate (DNR) order has been employed in patients who are terminally ill.... ally is described as terminally ill with metastasis in other vital organs by her oncologist and confirmed by her attending physician as a poor candidate for the continuance of chemotherapy treatment.... It is their responsibility to deliver quality care to their patients and treat them the way their patients like it to be....
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(Humphry)ConclusionTerminally ill patients should be permitted to decide on whether or not they want to die.... he first Dutch government study on euthanasia, The Remmelink Report of September 10, 1991, clearly shows that doctors are increasingly taking over making the making of the decision on if a terminally ill patient is to live or die.... However, laws and regulations should be enacted and be strictly regulated to ensure that only a patient who is terminally ill is allowed to do so....
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The author of the case study aims to analyze whether euthanasia should be regarded as murder or as an assisted suicide using facts and circumstances of Leo Visco's Case.... hellip; euthanasia is a term derived from the Greek 'eu,' or well and 'thanatos,' or death and connotes 'a good death.... euthanasia can be voluntary: when the person requests it (mercy death); non-voluntary: when the person is unable to give consent, as when in a coma (allowing someone to die); involuntary: when the persons' consent has not been secured (mercy killing)....
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The paper "Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide as Sensitive Issues That Entail Judicious Treatment" states that British lawyers do not support active euthanasia but do not resist the passive voluntary death of patients.... However, doctors in the UK are unwilling to terminate the life of patients, even in the most serious cases.... This is not the situation obtaining in some of the other countries, and the UK doctors are of the opinion that patients, with terminal diseases, must be provided with comfort and palliative care to enhance the quality of their life....
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His main point is that passive euthanasia is not always preferable to active euthanasia: he states that in some cases, there is simply no moral disparity linking active euthanasia and passive euthanasia.... He states that sometimes in such cases, the babies are allowed to die even though if this matter were considered deeply, we would find compelling moral grounds for preferring active euthanasia to passive euthanasia in the vastly greater degree of suffering involved in letting the baby die....
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The technical aspect of euthanasia will disapprove in most cases the practice, this is in consideration of diagnostic errors and medical advancements in curing conditions initially considered terminal.... This paper "Why euthanasia Is Unethical" discusses euthanasia that creates a lot of commotion and destabilizes ethical principles in health care, as well as the vast majority, does not cordially receive it.... Cultural and spiritual practices do not favor euthanasia since their life is seen as sacred....
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Hence, intentionally causing death by euthanasia is abhorred and non-violent means of embracing death without pain through a high dose of tranquilizers and opioids is advocatedA case of the terminally ill 78-year old man is presented here to explain the application of the doctrine.... Palliative care in which patients need to be put on sedation evokes DDE involving ethical questions.... Palliative care warranting sedation is an alternative to euthanasia....
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