Euthanasia comes from the Greek words Eu: "good" and Thanasia:"death". It is the action of terminating intentionally the life of a human being to eliminate suffering for his/her benefit. When a person has a terminal disease, all the types of treatments have been practiced, nothing works and the endless pain of the patient still exists: Euthanasia could be an option, depending on the case. For example, a person is in coma due to brain stoppage, so his life is meaningless for that person. This human being will not be able to feel or rationalize what is going on. In such cases, Euthanasia could be an option for the patient and family members to relieve from agonizing processes. (www.Euthanasia.com).
Euthanasia can be easily confused with its many different meanings. According to John Horgan, “Right to Die”, Scientific American, in "Active and Passive Euthanasia", once the initial decision not to prolong the patient's agony has been made, active is preferably rather than passive.......

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