Euthanasia: Life is a Gift, Not a Commodity to be Traded

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This paper discusses various aspects of euthanasia in light of an article titled,"Sandy Plans to Win her Race Against Life" that appeared in the issue of "The Age", an Australian journal in its issue of May 27, 2002. It presents an amalgamation of ideas taken from a number of books and articles on the various aspects of euthanasia's, its relationship with health care and health care professionals, some of the ethical issues involved and the various groups involved in the decision of ending the life of an individual.

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Introduction
Euthanasia's Relationship with Health Care
Ethical Issues and Role of Nurses
Ethical Issues
Decisions at Various Levels
Patient's Decision
Physician's Decision
The Law
The International Perspective
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"Both medicine and technology have experienced immense achievements, enabling us to use these advances for not only diagnosing numerous illnesses, but also suggesting various treatment measures, yet all these can not in any manner be compensated for the primary responsibility of the health care professionals; one that requires them to take care of the sick, even if he or she is terminally ill. In this regard health professionals have very efficiently used a term, 'palliative care', that truly applies to the care of the sick in general, and especially the terminally ill patients. Palliative care aims at avoiding the two extreme ends in health care. One is the health care professionals' endeavors to continue treatment and health care with the ultimate objective of preserving the life of the patient, even though it is clear that the patient so treated is suffering from a terminal illness, and will die sooner or later."

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