Ending The Unbearable Suffering
"He could no longer speak, eat, open his eyes or even move. There was no hope that he would ever awake from his coma. I sat with his parents after they made the hardest decision of their lives. Tears of pain, loss, and relief streamed down all of our faces as the doctor removed the IV from his arm and the mask from his face. His parents ultimately decided that taking him off life support was the most humane and decent thing they could do for their child." Society today often believes, and thinks, that euthanasia and assisted suicide are the same. However, Euthanasia is when one person does something that directly kills another and it is the best solution for ending a suffering patient's life. On the other hand, in assisted suicide, a non-suicidal person knowingly provides the means in a certain way to help a suicidal person kill him or herself. "Good death" the meaning of the Greek word euthanasia, assists suffering patients and their parents by carrying on their order of putting a......
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