Euthanasia

Euthanasia is a topic that all people seem to take seriously. Many are passionately against it. Other people are completely in favour of the humans right to choose how and when they will die, feeling strongly that it is simply up to them. My grandmother is terminally ill and nowadays there is no available therapy to treat brain tumour . She was diagnosed 7 weeks ago and has also kidney problems. Recently she asked my parents and me why it is not moral and prohibited to end her suffering. She says that keeping her in pain is not loving, it is inhuman. In my view there is no clear answers and there is plenty of arguments for and ...  Read the complete review

Euthanasia is such a hard subject to make a decision on if it is right or wrong simply because there is so much other things to take into consideration about Euthanasia. For example if it was made completely legal in the UK like it is some places in the world, you could just have clinically depressed people wanting to take their lives when they could be helped to get through it instead. One thing that I do agree with though is people who want to die peacefully through Euthanasia as they are suffering from a terminal illness which can be a very painful thing to die from. However at the moment for a person in the UK to have Euthanasia they have to fly to a ...  Read the complete review

Not really sure where I stand on this one. Its such a serious topic to make a decision on and unless you have been in a situation where this might have been an option to someone close, then I don't see how you claim to be qualified enough. My own feeling would be that should something happen to me that was beyond my control, or that my life was going to medically unbearable, then yes, I would want euthanasia as an option. The problem I would have is the guilt of asking somebody I love dearly to make that decision when the time is right, or to actually help me to do what I wanted. Could I go ahead with this part of euthanasia, then I am not sure. How could ...  Read the complete review

In October 2007 my dad was diagnosed with Mesothelioma cancer - or in layman's terms, asbestos cancer. By the time it had been detected it had spread from his lungs to his brain, kidneys and adrenal glands - and we were told it was terminal. For 7 weeks we had to watch the fit, witty, strong 55yr old who was so important to all of us, wither and eventually die whilst we could do nothing to help him or even ease his pain. In his last final days - we sat around his hospital bed in an open and busy ward, watching him twitch and shout out incoherently in pain while doctors did nothing more than sedate him to quiet him as we were told it was upsetting other ...  Read the complete review

This is a really interesting topic and there are no right or wrong answers about it. I have had this discussion with my family on several occassions especially when there are cases that crop up in the news. Am I for or against it? Well, lets look at both sides; Well, my mum's best friend was diagnosed last June with a brain tumour that was inoperatable. She underwent lots of intense Chemotherapy and radiotherapy. As such her hair fell out, she was very weak, and with where the tumour was she was finding it hard to communicate, remember anything and had blank expressions on her face. It was fair to say that her life was very dependent upon others and she ...  Read the complete review