Write 8 pages thesis on the topic euthanasia. In both cases the death inducing medicine is prescribed by the physician. As far as the patient is concerned both euthanasia and PAS are self-willed. whil

Write 8 pages thesis on the topic euthanasia. In both cases the death inducing medicine is prescribed by the physician. As far as the patient is concerned both euthanasia and PAS are self-willed. while the latter is self-inflicted euthanasia is administered by another person (Boudreau & Somerville, 2014, p. 2). Today, there is growing societal acceptance of euthanasia while public opinion towards its legalization is steadily increasing in many nations. However, legalized euthanasia, as it is practiced today, raises a number of concerns and this paper seeks to explore the various aspects of the issue.

In United States, Oregons Death with Dignity Act of 1997 marked the legalization of the nation’s first assisted-suicide bill. In Belgium and Netherlands, both euthanasia and PAS are legally permitted as medical treatments (Marker, 2006, 60). In Switzerland, PAS is permitted and can even be performed by non-physicians (Pereira et al., 2008, p. 1074). In North America, the national Hemlock Society founded in 1980 in Los Angeles acts as the leading proponent of active voluntary euthanasia. The Humane and Dignified Death Act is, in fact, an outcome of the society’s conscious efforts to raise public awareness on euthanasia and to gain public support in favor of the practice. Americans Against Human Suffering (AAHS), founded by the society, aims at proposing an act that would allow terminally ill patients to request for euthanasia. The organization stands for negotiated death wherein a patient ‘dying in an unbearable manner’ could request in writing to administer him “an overdose of a lethal drug, either orally or intravenously” (Humphry, 1988, p. 11). However, it is imperative to certify that the patient is suffering from a hopeless disease for which death will be imminent within six months.