EUTHANASIA

GARCIA, JANINE ELLA C.

LEGASPI, ROSAIAH PAULA B.
BSN 2A-3
WHAT IS EUTHANASIA?
Euthanasia

(from Greek: EU "good",thanatos, "death") is the practice

of terminating the life of a person or an animal because they are
perceived as living an intolerable life, in a painless or minimally
painful way either by lethal injection, drug overdose, or by the
withdrawal of life support. Euthanasia is a controversial issue
because of conflicting religious and humanist views.
TYPES OF EUTHANASIA
Active
euthanasia refers to a physician painlesslyputting to death some persons suffering fromincurable
conditions or diseases

Passive
euthanasia, in contrast, refers to any actof allowing the patient to die, which may includefailing
to provide necessary medication as well astaking a patient off life support
Both active and passive euthanasia can be
voluntary,
non-voluntary or
involuntary
 EUTHANASIA CAN BE:

VOLUNTARY
Euthanasia occurs with the fully-informed request of a
decisional - competent adult patient or that of
their surrogate (proxy).
 EUTHANASIA CAN BE:

NONVOLUNTARY
Euthanasia occurs without the fully-informed consent
and fully-informed request of a decisional - competent
adult patient or that of their surrogate (proxy).
 EUTHANASIA CAN BE:
INVOLUNTARY
Euthanasia occurs over the objection of a patient or
their surrogate (proxy). An example of this might be if
a patient with decisional capacity (or their surrogate) is
told what will happen. The patient (or surrogate)
refuses yet the patient is euthanized anyway.
PROS AND CONS
PROS:
PROVIDES A WAY TO RELIEVE EXTREME PAIN
FREES UP MEDICAL FUNDS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE
PROVIDES A WAY TO RELIEF WHEN A PERSONS
QUALITY OF LIFE IS LOW
PROS AND CONS
CONS:
EUTHANASIA, ACCORDING TO SOME, DEVALUATES HUMAN LIFE
DOCTORS HAVE PROBLEM WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS AGAINST THEIR
SWORN OATH TO NOT TAKE PART IN IN KILLING PEOPLE
SOMETIMES, IT IS NOT CLEAR IF AN ILL PERSON REALLY WANTS TO
DIE
A FORM OF SUICIDE AND MURDER
THANK YOU!