DEBATE PAPERFOR

PRO-EUTHANASIA

Euthanasia? It is your choice that makes life– as a pro- Euthanasia, it should be allowed considering those people who are terminally ill and continuously suffering. For example, a patient had been diagnosed with cancer chose Euthanasia as a way to alleviate his/ her suffering knowing that prolonging the period of time contributes to the pain being experienced by the patient. Euthanasia is a noble deed reflecting that you are saving them actually from further agony and since these patients don’t accept supplementary need for their lives believing that their time is ticking to the last second. But before doing so, you as the nurse and the patient must have agreed to this matter. Why not end up already the suffering for these terminally ill patients or elderly, seeing them die with dignity because Euthanasia hasten it rather than delaying the death which will further make the pain more dreadful? No human right is violated when exercising Euthanasia because the patient had accepted and embrace death as a part of the treatment for his/ her suffering. Also, you allow the family to grieve effectively, reducing their anxiety when employing euthanasia since they won’t expect further and would not think about the future outcomes for the dying family member. It is said that relieving a patient from their pain and suffering by performing euthanasia will do more good than harm. Advocates of euthanasia express the view that the fundamental moral values of society, compassion and

mercy, require that no patient be allowed to suffer unbearably, and mercy killing should be permissible (Ebrahimi, 2012)