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- Title: Euthanasia--Is There a Case?
- Author : South African Journal of Bioethics and Law
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 245 KB
Description
The traditional role of the physician has been to preserve human life. However, we have now reached a stage where physicians are often accused of preserving human life long after life itself has become a burden to the person living it. Throughout the developed world the demand for the legalisation of the right to end life is increasingly heard. This is referred to as euthanasia or mercy killing. Euthanasia means 'A good death' in Greek and covers a number of separate but interrelated issues. This paper attempts to place the euthanasia debate in context and to highlight both areas of consensus and of contention. The following proposed definitions are intended to assist in the Discussion. (1-9)