Analysis of Contemporary Issues Related to Euthanasia
- Author Manoj Kumar
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Law
Keywords : Terminal Pain, Voluntary Euthanasia, Palliative Medicine’s, Autonomous Demise
Abstract
This argument will demonstrate that the dispute over end of life choice is primarily driven by those who priorities quality of life considerations versus that of others who maintain that the risk of falling prey to slippery slope abuses is too great. Although it is argued here that non-voluntary euthanasia and involuntary euthanasia are risk laden and presumptuous practices, it is reasonable to suggest that the right to escape a demoralizing and futile terminal existence via active voluntary euthanasia ultimately honors’ the right principle of life as patient initiated choice and dignity are mutually reinforcing ideals. Right to die advocates have also been criticized for portraying euthanasia in an unduly idealistic light as any process of dissolution purportedly entails some measure of indignity. While the exclusion of futile or burdensome extraordinary medical measures is motivated by quality of life considerations, calls for an AVE option in the face of intolerable terminal pain and suffering are clearly an extension of this same principle. The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine’s admission that “certain types of pain are invariably difficult to manage and a small percentage may be intractable to all treatment” has, however, been tempered by palliative care practitioner Professor Peter Ravenscroft who insists that the level of distress can generally be brought to a point that the patient “can live with”.
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