Euthanasia Euthanasia is defined as the act or practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from a terminal illness or an incurable condition, as by lethal injection or the suspension of extraordinary medical treatment (Dictionary.com). Euthanasia is distinct from assisted suicide. In assistant suicide the inflictor is the patient. A man who gives himself an injection that contains an overdose of morphine, but the doctor gave the needle and morphine, this is …showed first 75 words of 1138 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…person. The reason why some people are in favor for euthanasia is because they do not want to see the patient terminally ill, or suffering from intolerable and excruciating pain. Taking a patient’s life because he/she is in so much pain and depression may be viewed as justifiable, however the nature of it is remains the same. It is an act of killing, which in itself is something that can never be accepted.