S HO UL D W E L E G A L IZ E

EU TH A N A S IA ?
SO R : D R GEORGES GNA K PA
AH B A MBA PROFES
PRE SENT E RS: - SA R
- INGRID KRAGBE
OUTLINE
 INTRODUCTION
EUTHANASIA IS A BRAKE ON THE EVOLUTION OF MEDECINE
EUTHANASIA IS CONTRARY TO THE VOCATION OF A DOCTOR
EUTHANASIA IS IN CONTRARY WITH ETHICS AND MORALITY
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
NOWADAYS, THE EVOLUTION OF MEDICINE HAD INTRODUCE NEW MEDICAL METHOD AND
CHALLENGES SUCH AS EUTHANASIA WHICH IS A DELIBERATE ACTION TAKEN WHICH THE
INTENTION OF ENDING A LIFE, IN ORDER TO RELIEVE PERSISTENT SUFFERING. WITH A
PERCENTAGE OF 4,6 IN THE WORLD, THIS PRACTICE IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE RECURRENT.
AND EVEN IF SOME COUNTRIES ARE PLANNING TO LEGALIZE IT, IN MOST COUNTRIES, EUTHANASIA
IS AGAINST THE LAW AND IT MAY CARRY A JAIL SENTENCE. FOR US, EUTHANASIA SHOULD NOT BE
LEGALIZED. THIS OPINION IS JUSTIFIED BY THE FACT THAT EUTHANASIA IS A BRAKE ON THE
EVOLUTION OF MEDICINE AND IS CONTRARY TO THE VOCATION OF A DOCTOR, ETHICS AND
MORALITY
EUTHANASIA IS A BRAKE ON EVOLUTION
OF MEDICINE
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AS IT IS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE, IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND
LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA WOULD THEN BECOME THE APPROPRIATE SOLUTION TO STOP
SEEKING EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO SERIOUS DISEASES. DOCTORS WHO TODAY DONATE
THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO FIND CURES WILL NO LONGER WANT TO DO SO BECAUSE
EVERYONE WILL CHOOSE THE SIMPLEST PATH OF EUTHANASIA. INSTEAD OF EUTHANASIA,
PALLIATIVE CARE SHOULD BE USED
EUTHANASIA IS CONTRARY TO THE
VOCATION OF A DOCTOR
THE VOCATION OF A DOCTOR IS TO HEAL, ACCORDING TO THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATIC,
THEY MUST AT ALL COSTS SEEK TO SAVE HUMAN LIFE. THEREFORE, THERE IS A
CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THIS MISSION AND THE PRACTICE OF EUTHANASIA, BECAUSE
EUTHANASIA, ON THE CONTRARY, PUTS AN END TO THE LIFE OF PATIENTS RATHER THAN
TREATING THEM. AND PATIENTS WILL FEEL VULNERABLE INSTEAD OF FEELING
COMFORTED, WHICH WEAKENS THEM EVEN MORE
EUTHANASIA IS IN CONTRARY WITH ETHICS
AND MORAL
LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA POSES ETHICAL AND MORAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE
RELATIVES OF THE PATIENT ARE PERCEIVED BY SOCIETY AS MURDERERS, BECAUSE THEY
ARE ACCUSED OF WANTING TO ANTICIPATE THE DEATH OF THE PATIENT OUT OF GREED. IN
ADDITION, A SENSE OF GUILT MAY ARISE AS A RESULT OF SUCH A DECISION. AND THIS
SENSE OF GUILT IS ALSO PRESENT IN DOCTORS BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF THIS PRACTICE,
A STUDY REVEALED THAT IN COUNTRIES WHERE EUTHANASIA IS LEGAL 80% OF DOCTORS
ARE OBLIGED TO SEE A PSYCHOLOGIST OR TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF TO RECOVER.
CONCLUSION

TO CONCLUDE WE CAN SAY THAT EUTHANASIA SHOULD NOT BE LEGALIZED BECAUSE IT IS A BRAKE ON THE
EVOLUTION OF MEDICINE AND IS CONTRARY TO THE VOCATION OF A DOCTOR, ETHICS AND MORALITY. FOR
US, INSTEAD OF LEGALIZE EUTHANASIA THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE INVESTMENT ON THE RESEARCH
ABOUT MEDECINE.