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Euthanasia
Euthanasia - is it killing or letting die? In the last thirty years,
this has been a highly controversial topic, the worldly morals versus the
Christian. Although there are certain instances where it is justifiably
considered to be letting die, it is essentially killing.
Euthanasia comes from a Greek word, meaning "easy death," and is now
often associated with the infamous Dr. Kevorkian. There ar ....
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.... the hospital ethics committee, and take him or her off of life support.
When taken to court in these issues, the doctors defend themselves in saying, "I
didn't kill him, I let him die." This is illegal throughout the United States
and the rest of the world, but it still is a common occurrence.
The second type, "passive voluntary euthanasia," is done when a
terminally ill patient's or a patient in a persistent vegetative state's (PVS)
family chooses ....
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