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Euthanasia Mediation

Euthanasia Mediation. By Kailey Bueker. Background Information. Active Euthanasia : deliberate action of a medical professional to end someone’s life Passive Euthanasia : an intentional termination of life by the deliberate withholding of drugs or other life-sustaining treatments.

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Euthanasia Mediation

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  1. Euthanasia Mediation By Kailey Bueker

  2. Background Information Active Euthanasia: deliberate action of a medical professional to end someone’s life Passive Euthanasia: an intentional termination of life by the deliberate withholding of drugs or other life-sustaining treatments

  3. Pro-Euthanasia Considered assisted suicide Supported by Oregon, Washington,and parts of Texas Since the law became effective in Oregon, 455 people have requested lethal drugs from physicians, with 292 ending their lives and perhaps an extremely painful state of living Terri Schiavo case— a cardiac arrest and massive brain damage put her in a vegetative state for 7 years before the federal court system finally removed her feeding tube after years of unimaginable suffering for herself and those close to her

  4. Anti-Euthanasia The request for euthanasia comes from a lack of care for patients or undesirable living situations A loophole in the process of euthanasia is that the physician does not have to be present while drugs are taken Many faiths believe humans are not the masters of life and that even human suffering has an underlying meaning A legalization of euthanasia could provoke a situation like Adolf Hitler and his mass euthanasia The Netherlands has experienced ongoing problems since its regulation of the Assisted Suicide Act of 2002

  5. Mediation Active or passive euthanasia should not come into play unless it is clear that measures need to be taken Oregon’s solution: a familiar doctor discusses all other options with the patient while evaluating their true physical and psychological state The law requires a patient to make two oral requests for lethal drugs, at least two weeks apart, before the physician can prescribe them However, to ensure the elimination of underhanded activity of the physician several other doctors should be present when the physician gives any form of drug to the patient

  6. Mediation Cont. Any reports should be reviewed by another nurse to prevent any mishaps or filed reports based on secondhand information or guesswork

  7. Works Cited Enouen, Susan W. “Oregon’s Euthanasia Law: It’s About Far More than the Number of People Dying.” Life Issues Institute, 2012. Web. 25 March 2012. <http://www.lifeissues.org/euthanasia/oregons_law.htm>. Greenberg, Samuel I. Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Psychosocial Issues. Springfield: Charles C Thomas Publisher LTD, 1997. Print. Kohl, Marvin. Beneficent Euthanasia. Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1975. Print. Misbin, Robert I. Euthanasia: The Good of the Patient, The Good of Society. Frederick: University Publishing Group Inc, 1992. Print.

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