Euthanasia In Canada
There is considerable debate today, both among the public and the
politicians, about euthanasia. While the government is hesitatant to
venture into morals and ethics, it appears that euthanasia is gaining more
press coverage, in light of the Sue Rodriguez and Robert Latimer cases.
Indeed, the issue is difficult to resolve, and despite few advances, the
government has enacted penalties in the Criminal Code to punish assisted
suicide. Without reservation, euthanasia is illegal in Canada. An
increasing number of people are turning to doctor-assisted suicide. As a
result of a more liberal political arena, more people are agreeing that
some form of euthanasia must be acceptable in specific ...
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intent, whether by doing something (commission), or by
omitting something(omission). Euphemisms of the pro-euthanasia movement,
include "right to die", and "death with dignity". The term "passive
euthanasia" is often applied to the withdrawal of useless treatment that is
onlyprolonging the dying of a person. This needs to be differentiated from
withdrawing of something that is actually keeping them alive, the withdrawl
of which actually causes their death. It has been pointed out that the pro-
life lobby will be split and discredited if there is an insistence by some
that all technological means must be used whenever possible to prolong life.
No ethical doctor insists on the use of burdensome, ineffective of futile
measure, commonly called 'disproportionate', when refused by the patient or
family. Doctors must necessarily in all patients discontinue curative or
therapeutic efforts at the time when death is imminent and inevitable.
Patients may request all measures to be attempted if ...
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the former CMA ethicist, is outspokenly
pro-euthanasia. A recent article published as a discussion article stated,
"What a strange world we live in, that we are kinder to our animals than we
are to human beings." His colleague, Ethics Committee Chairman, Dr. Arthur
Parsons, asked "Who is going to get into the lifeboat? Is it better to keep
a severely retarded person alive, or spend your tight resources on bypass
surgery for a father of four?" This brings up two important issues, the
first, that euthanasia is still used for animals, despite being called
"putting to sleep", and secondly, the issue of money and the costliness of
keeping a person alive. Research shows that the most ...
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