inducing a painless death by deliberately ending the life of a seriously ill person. It offers them a peaceful and dignified death.
VOLUNTARY euthanasia is when a person wishes to die and asks for help in doing so. e.g . a lethal injection.
NON-VOLUTARY - when a person's wishes cannot be given for some reason. in these circumstances, it is someone else who has to decide to end the life of that person.
ACTIVE euthanasia is the ending of a life by a deliberate action, such as by giving a patient a fatal injection.
PASSIVE euthanasia is allowing a terminally or incurably ill person to die by withdrawing medical treatment that would only prolong the suffering and have no real benefit.
CHURCH VIEWS
ROMAN CATHOLICS believe that euthanasia is wrong and only God has the decision over life and death.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND believes that the human rights of each person must be valued and a person has the right to refuse treatment but they will not support euthanasia
BIBLE PASSAGES
'thou shalt no murder' supports the view that euthanasia is wrong.
'the body as a temple' says we must be careful with our bodies as God lives within them as a holy spirit.
'God made man in his image and likness' says we must recognise that humans are special to God our creator and the world was made t sustain them. it is not for humans to take life away.
ARGUMENTS FOR
- if a person has the right to decide all sorts of ways of harming their bodies, like smoking and drugs, then a person suffering should have the right to die
- speding up the healing process in heaven
- should not prolong suffering to family
- patients should die with dignity
- goes against the laws og God - it is murder
- the patients may not be thinking or making clear decisions
- doctors promise to save lives
- we cannot decide who lives or dies
- helping the sick helps christians to be caring to those in need
the hospice movement
in 1967, Cicely Saunders' founded the hospice movement. it is a place where expert pain and symtom relief is combined with all-round care to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of the patients.
- it emphasises compassionate care with expert pain relief
- it emphasises healing, if not physically then spiritually
- it emphasises valuing the person and every moment of their life
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