Society And Euthanasia

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(Baird and Robinson, 1989). It comes in two main forms:
--Passive Euthanasia: Hastening the death of a person by: Removing life support equipment (e.g. a respirator) or Stopping medical procedures, medications etc., or Stopping food and water and allowing the person to dehydrate or starve to death. These procedures are performed on terminally ill, suffering persons so that natural death will occur sooner. It is also done on persons in a Persistent Vegetative State - individuals with massive brain damage who are in a coma from which they will not recover (Baird and Robinson, 1989).
--Active Euthanasia: Causing the death of a person through a direct action. Such as giving a patient a lethal injection of a toxic substance (Baird and Robinson, 1989).

Different religious groups, legal groups and advancements in technology have contributed to the debate of whether or not euthanasia should be allowed. However, we rarely hear about the social factors that have also ...

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of the family. A family years ago, use to include the immediate family and other members, such as uncles, grandparents etc. This was referred to as the "extended family". Now days the family has decreased in size and only includes the immediate members, this is called the "nuclear family".
The nuclear family has caused many of the older members to feel like a burden because the family is now less suited to take care of the elderly, who may require constant attention. When the family can no longer take care of their elderly, they usually send them to a nursing home, this is where many elderly lose their desire to live because they feel unloved (Clark, 1993). This feeling of ...

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