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patient ill with cancer & expected to die very shortly so withdrawing or not initiating or treatment limiting, administering pain killer or sedative drugs for relief as patient or severe distress.
Knowledge of probable consequence of prescription is a shortening of the patients life is incorrect it is double effect.
Voluntary Euthanasia death brought about by his own request.
Non Voluntary Euthanasia killing him who does not have capacity to understand what is euthanasia & can't form 'request.
In voluntary Euthanasia – competent to request but does not do so. In competent patient may be the result of mental illness or handicap, may be conscious, but unable to make or communicate a decision or may be unconscious advanced dementia.
Assisted suicide - a competent patient has formed a desire to end his life but required help to perform the act because of physical disability is physician assisted suicide. Assistant might be lethal dose of drug for patient to swallow.
Advance directive living will document executed while patient is competent. Proxy decision maker - some who is appointed to make decision on behalf of someone who is unable to make decision for him. Decision about medical treatment may be made by doctor in patients best interest. Terminal illness - An illness which is inevitably progressive the effect of which can't be reversed & which will inevitably result in death within few months. Irrevesible condition cerebral palsy or spinabifide which is not progressive & does not lead to death. Chronic progressive disease - Rhematoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis in which early death is not inevitable though deterioration is. Deliberate killing is criminal offence. Killing to relieve suffering is deliberate killing with a merciful motive should not be murder but a new offence mercy killing should be created. Offence of murder.embraces deliberate killing which vary enormously in their character vary in degree of moral gift.
Difference in Murder & mercy killing - has cross line which prohibits intentional killing. In murder motive is revenge, anger, aggression, greed wealth, agony jealous. In murder no consent or voluntariness while in mercy killing motive is pure to help the person to reduce his suffering the person killing gains nothing. He is not benefiting in any way in ending the sufferers life. Murder is attack on person while mercy killing is gentle death committed by assistance. All life belong to god so destruction of anyone's life violetes God's right to life.
Difference in Euthanasia & suicide - Sucide is committed by failure in life when person is frustrated in life by, poverty, illness, unsuccess. Failure in love, business, or any goal or examination person by himself in disparity end his life:
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