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Euthanasia

Euthanasia in today's society has run rampant, but whose choice is it really to

end one's life in the case of excessive suffering? Euthanasia has become one of the

most controversial issues in the medical field. There are many questions that must

be considered when euthanasia is involved. For example: Whose right is it anyway?

Do physicians have the right to perform assisted suicide? Is it morally right? When

is "competent" not competent enough?

Euthanasia is preceded the decision that a terminally ill patient's life will come

to an end before natural death. Euthanasia can also be defined as any killing

carried out by medical means or by medical personnel; whether intended for the

termination of suffering or indignity of a life not worth living. A standard definition

of euthanasia is the intentional putting to death of a person with an incurable or

painful disease. No matter how the term is defined, it is......

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