Dana Crittenden
Critical Analysis Paper #4
BIO312
March 25, 2007
Euthanasia- Patient or Devil’s advocate?
Voluntary active euthanasia is a humane alternative to end a patient’s life. There
are different classifications of euthanasia, including active, passive, voluntary, and
involuntary euthanasia. This article in particular focuses on active euthanasia. Active
euthanasia is defined as the physician deliberately killing the patient. Passive euthanasia
can be defined as the removal of life-sustaining treatment, or withholding treatment as
requested by the patient. Voluntary euthanasia is the patient electing the death, and
involuntary is the patient not electing their death.
I believe patients who are terminally ill, or who are in situations where they can
not be helped, should be able to elect euthanasia. Dan Brock argues that active euthanasia
goes against the central doctrine of medicine, but I disagree. The central doctrine of
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- Spring '07
- Woien
- RNA, Physician, active euthanasia
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