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Should people who are terminally ill or handicapped for life, have the choice to end their lives? Or should they be forced to continue living even when they are suffering? Many people have different opinions on whether a person in these extreme conditions should be able to choose to die or be forced to proceed with their life.
Euthanasia is the act of either painlessly causing the death or failing to prevent death from occurring in an individual with a terminal illness or in an irreversible coma. Although advances in medical technology have made it possible to prolong the life of patients with no hope of recovery, at times, the quality of life of the terminally ill individual is called into question.
The term "passive euthanasia" is used to describe the practice of withholding or withdrawing extraordinary means of preserving life. However, the term "active euthanasia" involves any direct intervention to cause death, such as injecting a legal drug or participating in a form......

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