Euthanasia can be either active or passive: (46) Active euthanasia means that a physician or other medical personnel take a deliberate action that will induce death, such as administering an overdose of morphine, insulin , or barbiturates, followed by an injection of curare. Passive euthanasia means letting a patient die for lack of treatment, or suspending treatment that has begun. Examples of passive euthanasia include taking patient off a respirator (a breathing apparatus) or removing other life -support systems. Stopping the food supply--usually intravenous feeding to comatose patients--has also been used.
A good deal of the controversy about mercy killing stems from the decision - making process. Who decides if a patient is to die This issue has not been established legally. (47) In the United States the matter is left to state law, which usually allows the physician in charge to suggest the option of death to a patient’ s relatives, especially if the
Euthanasia can be either active or passive: (46) Active euthanasia means that a physician or other medical personnel take a deliberate action that will induce death, such as administering an overdose of morphine, insulin , or barbiturates, followed by an injection of curare. Passive euthanasia means letting a patient die for lack of treatment, or suspending treatment that has begun. Examples of passive euthanasia include taking patient off a respirator (a breathing apparatus) or removing other life -support systems. Stopping the food supply--usually intravenous feeding to comatose patients--has also been used.
A good deal of the controversy about mercy killing stems from the decision - making process. Who decides if a patient is to die This issue has not been established legally. (47) In the United States the matter is left to state law, which usually allows the physician in charge to suggest the option of death to a patient’ s relatives, especially if the
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