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Nathan Haase
Mr. Green
Current Issues 302
10 December 2002
Euthanasia: When life is to be feared more than death
...the elderly patients...are comatose. They weigh
practically nothing. Their skin hangs in heavy
folds on their skeletons. These patients must be
fed through gastric tubes pushed down their throats,'
Dr. Peter Haemmerli explains, and that can make even
comatose patients retch and vomit' (Culliton 1273).
Thus, according to Barbara J. Culliton, many severely ill patients must endure much pain.
Not a very pretty scene, is it? Is it right to keep them living in this pain? Wouldn't it be
more humane to give them a painless release from their agony? For this irreversibly comatose
patient euthanasia would be justified. Now consider the patient suffering from malignant cancer
or some other terminal disease.
How "right" is it to keep injecting drugs and performing small operations to keep the
patient alive,......
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Title: Euthanasia: When Life Is To Be Feared More Than Death
Approximate Word Count: 508
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)
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