What Is

Euthanasia?
 Euthanasia
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The act of putting

to death painlessly
or allowing to die

Also known as
Mercy Killing
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 Definition
The word "euthanasia" was first used in a
medical context by Francis Bacon in the 17th
century, to refer to an easy, painless, happy
death, during which it was a "physician's
responsibility to alleviate the 'physical
sufferings' of the body."
 Indian law
Passive euthanasia is legal in India. On
7 March 2011 the Supreme Court of
India legalised passive euthanasia by
means of the withdrawal of life
support to patients in a permanent
vegetative state.

Drugs used
Typically, three drugs are used in
succession to perform euthanasia: Sodium
thiopental is used to induce
unconsciousness; Pancuronium bromide
(Pavulon) to cause muscle paralysis and
respiratory arrest; and Potassium chloride
to stop the heart.
 Classification of euthanasia

Non-
Voluntary Involuntary
voluntary euthanasia euthanasia
euthanasia

Active euthanasia

Passive euthanasia
A former nurse at KEM hospital, in 1973 she was sexually assaulted
by a ward boy, Sohanlal Bhartha Walmiki and has been in a
permanent vegetative state (PVS) ever since.

Her journalist friend, Pinky Virani, had filed a petition for

Euthanasia in her behalf to the Supreme Court.
 Devalues
Relieve pain human life

Cost
Relief containment

Frees up Causing
funds death

slippery
freedom slope
 ORGANIZATIONS
CURE (Citizens United
Against euthanasia

For euthanasia
Resisting Euthanasia)
Symposium on Opposing
Assisted Suicide and
Euthanasia (2007)
Lifeissues.net's Euthanasia
Articles (2008)International Right To Die Organizations
Euthanasia Symposium
Held in Virginia, USA (2009)
World Federation of
Doctors Who Respect
Human Life
 Quotations on Euthanasia

"You matter because you are

you.
You matter to the last
I will give no deadly
moment of your life,
"There is no quality of medicine to any one if
and we will do all we can,
life when the patient is asked, nor suggest any
not only to help you die
dead."... a nurse such counsel ... The
peacefully,
Hippocratic Oath
but also to live until you
die." ... Dame Cicely
Saunders, founder of Hospice
"To make certain
that a patient's
right to receive
care and
compassion is not
replaced by a
doctor's right to
prescribe poison
or administer a
lethal injection."
Goal of
the International
Task Force on
Euthanasia and
Assisted Suicide
RELIGION AND EUTHANASIA
 General Christian view
Christians are mostly against euthanasia.
They believe that:
Life is a gift from God:
All life is God-given
Birth and death are part of the life
processes which God has created, so we
should respect them
Therefore no human being has the
authority to take the life of any innocent
person, even if that person wants to die
 The Roman Catholic view

Euthanasia is a grave violation of the

law of God, since it is the deliberate and
morally unacceptable killing of a human
person.
Pope John Paul II, Evangelium
Vitae, 1995
 The church has said that:

Nothing and no one can in any way permit

the killing of an innocent human being,
whether a foetus or an embryo, an
infant or an adult, an old person, or one
suffering from an incurable disease, or
a person who is dying.
 Places in the World Where
Euthanasia is Legal
Netherlands (Green), Belgium (Red), Luxembourg
(Purple), Oregon and Washington (Yellow)
 Cases of euthanasia
Case 1
Name Terri Schiavo

Born December 3, 1963

Died March 31, 2005 (aged 41)

Occupation Insurance clerk

Cardiac attack which lead

Disease to massive brain damage
& loss of oxygen.
Case 2

Name Mrs Boyes

Born july 3, 1963

Died November 1992 (aged 70)

Assisted by Dr Cox

Struck by accident where

Disease her husband died.
 Case 3

Marc and Eddy Verbessem, 45years of age.

They were twin brothers and were
euthanized together
The four, Durgesh (16), Sarvesh (14), Brijesh (11) & Suresh
(10), have been afflicted by muscular dystrophy, a genetic
disease that has confined them to bed.
They all were afflicted at the age of 5.
The parents had sought former President Pratibha Patils
permission for the mercy killing of all their four sons who have
turned into virtual vegetables.
She was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS).
She fought to have a legal right to assisted suicide; under
the Criminal Code of Canada, assisted suicide is punishable by
a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.
A 1998 film called At the End of the Day: The Sue
Rodriguez Story, with Wendy Crewson as Rodriguez, tells her
story.
She was almost totally paralysed by cerebral palsy and had
severe degenerative arthritis.
She asked to be starved to death but yet she was force
fed.
Later she approached the American Civil Liberties Union.
She lost her case for euthanasia.
 Eluana Englaro-Italy

Piergiorgio Welby-Italy

Alka Tiwari-India

Dilip Machao-India

Claire Conroy-New Jersey

Karen Ann Quinlin-US

Anthony Bland-UK
 Ministry Of Fear (1944)

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)

The Sea Inside (2004)

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Guzaarish (2010)

You Dont Know Jack (2010)

No of persons questioned : 30

Age Group : 18-70 years

Q. From what sources did you hear about
Euthanasia?

Internet
Friends
T.V.
Other sources
Q. If you were diagnosed with a terminally ill
disease would euthanasia be an option?

Yes

No

Can't say
Q. Do you think euthanasia should be
made legal everywhere?

Yes

No

Can't say
Q. If euthanasia was made legal everywhere would
you trust that doctors would give you best care
possible?

Yes
No
Can't say
Q. Do you think it is right that people should travel
to another country to terminate their own lives?

Yes

No

Can't say
Q. It contradicts a doctors oath to commit
euthanasia. How far do you agree with ths
statement?

Stongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree
 Q. Do you think euthanasia would encourage
unscrupulous family members to force their terminally ill
relatives towards euthanasia?

Yes
No
Can't say