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euthanasia good death

Date Submitted: 12/11/2004 02:46:45
Length: 5 pages (1276 words)
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The word "euthanasia" comes from the greek--eu, "good", and thanatos, "death". Literally, "good death". The dictionary describes euthanasia as "a quiet and easy death, the means of procuring this or, the action of inducing a quiet and easy death." Euthanasia has a becomes a legal, medical, and ethical issue over which opinions are divided. I feel that if there is no hope for a cure for a terminally ill patient then if they want, let …

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…assisted suicide must be of sound mind and a doctor must also sign that the person is terminally ill and is under extreme pain. In conlusion I feel that euthanasia should be legal, but it is morally wrong to do. If someone wants to take there life they "should" have the option to do so, but someone should not take there life because there is so much to look forward to and there is hope.

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