Euthanasia

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This paper explains that, while medical technology has been creating new conditions by which individuals can live longer, medical science and public policy should not permit euthanasia. The author points out that, although euthanasia is a procedure used all around the world, the largest opponents of euthanasia are often Christian organizations, which believe that the choice of a person's death is God's decision only. The paper describes a survey design, using a Likert scale, which compares attitudes towards euthanasia directed at other people and at oneself.

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"There are two types of euthanasia. Passive euthanasia is a simple yes or no question asked by doctors of whether to pull the plug or not in the case of the onset of a medical or physical condition from which there is not recovery. Active euthanasia is considered blatant killing, or a more deliberate action to end the life of a dying patient. A recent example would be the case of Robert Latimer on which the supreme ruled. His twelve-year-old daughter weighed only thirty-eight pounds and suffered from cerebral palsy. To end her pain and suffering he killed via carbon monoxide poisoning. Afterward, he called the authorities after it was over willing to take consequences of those actions. The Supreme Court upheld his conviction of manslaughter two, and reduced his sentence from a life sentence and no chance of parole prior to ten years served."

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