In Memory of Ethics: A Dissection of Ethical and Social Issues in Pakistani Professional Healthcare Practice

Euthanasia and Ethics: ‘The Good Death’ Debate

Author(s): Sabahat Munawer, Rizwana Fatima, Areej Sohail, Zunaira Qureshi and Shiza Malik * .

Pp: 77-93 (17)

DOI: 10.2174/9789815223859124010013

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

Euthanasia is a burning ethical issue as some people have an opinion that it is better for a person to die than suffer from a painful and incurable disease. Murderers hide behind euthanasia and cause the death of a human no matter what the reason is against human dignity. This chapter revolves around the topic of critical ethical issues pertaining to the ‘end of life’, which includes euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Information that can help society cope with this ethical issue (Euthanasia) is explained, as nowadays, people are more careless towards weak, old and ill people. The concept of long-term care for terminally ill patients seems to have become very rare, and people have started considering death better than life. This piece of information will help create public understanding regarding euthanasia as a professional, ethical issue, its prevalence across the world, causative factors, and some strategies to overcome euthanasia.


Keywords: Bioethics, Euthanasia in pakistan, End of life care, Good Death, Passive euthanasia, Physician assisted suicide, Palliative care, Religion and euthanasia.

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