Despite the 20th century has ended and begun a new century, there are many social dilemmas and issues that remain unsolved. One of the unsolved dilemmas, which should be solved, is euthanasia. Its origins can be traced in the history. There are some countries and religions that accept it under certain circumstances and many reject it.
Euthanasia is a word that has a Greek origin, meaning "a good death". It is a kind of practice to end the life of a patient, who suffers from incurable disease, to release his or her pain. Nowadays euthanasia is also referred as mercy killing. Voluntary euthanasia refers to ending the life of the patient upon his or her request, whereas involuntary euthanasia is done by the physician whose patient is not mentally capable to make a request to die.
There are two kinds of euthanasia. Active euthanasia is an active intervention by a doctor to end the life of the patient painlessly by giving him lethal dose of medicine.
Passive euthanasia involves......
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