Euthanasia
EUTHANASIA
Euthanasia is from a Greek word (εὐθανασία) meaning "good death" where εὖ, eu (well or good) and thanatos (death) refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to be relieved from pain and suffering. Euthanasia is categorized in three different ways, which include voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary euthanasia, or involuntary euthanasia. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in some countries and U.S. states. Non-voluntary euthanasia is illegal in all countries. However, in the Netherlands, physicians can avoid prosecution by following well described and strict conditions. These conditions include patient request, taking into consideration the amount of suffering the patient is experiencing, alternative courses of action must be discussed and pursued, all available information must be presented to the patient. Involuntary euthanasia is usually considered murder.
They are different technical definition of euthanasia depends on the usage. The term ‘euthanasia’ was first introduced by a historian Suetonius who described how the Emperor Augustus’s, "dying quickly and without suffering in the arms of his wife, Livia, experienced the euthanasia he had wished for. In the medical context the word "euthanasia" was first used by Francis Bacon in the 17th century which refers to an easy, painless, happy death, where it is a "physician 's responsibility to alleviate3 the physical sufferings of the body of a patient." Moreover Bacon referred to an "outward euthanasia"(the term "outward" is to distinguish from a spiritual concept) which regards the preparation of the soul.
In current usage, one approach to defining euthanasia has been to mirror Suetonius, regarding it as the "painless inducement of a quick death". However, it is argued that this approach fails to properly define euthanasia, as it leaves open a number of possible actions which would meet the requirements of the definition, but would not be seen as euthanasia. In particular,
Euthanasia is from a Greek word (εὐθανασία) meaning "good death" where εὖ, eu (well or good) and thanatos (death) refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to be relieved from pain and suffering. Euthanasia is categorized in three different ways, which include voluntary euthanasia, non-voluntary euthanasia, or involuntary euthanasia. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in some countries and U.S. states. Non-voluntary euthanasia is illegal in all countries. However, in the Netherlands, physicians can avoid prosecution by following well described and strict conditions. These conditions include patient request, taking into consideration the amount of suffering the patient is experiencing, alternative courses of action must be discussed and pursued, all available information must be presented to the patient. Involuntary euthanasia is usually considered murder.
They are different technical definition of euthanasia depends on the usage. The term ‘euthanasia’ was first introduced by a historian Suetonius who described how the Emperor Augustus’s, "dying quickly and without suffering in the arms of his wife, Livia, experienced the euthanasia he had wished for. In the medical context the word "euthanasia" was first used by Francis Bacon in the 17th century which refers to an easy, painless, happy death, where it is a "physician 's responsibility to alleviate3 the physical sufferings of the body of a patient." Moreover Bacon referred to an "outward euthanasia"(the term "outward" is to distinguish from a spiritual concept) which regards the preparation of the soul.
In current usage, one approach to defining euthanasia has been to mirror Suetonius, regarding it as the "painless inducement of a quick death". However, it is argued that this approach fails to properly define euthanasia, as it leaves open a number of possible actions which would meet the requirements of the definition, but would not be seen as euthanasia. In particular,