"the action of killing an individual for reasons considered to be

merciful" (469). Here, killing is described as the physical action

where one individual actively kills another. Euthanasia is tolerated

in the medical field under certain circumstances when a patient is

suffering profoundly and death is inevitable. The word "euthanasia"

comes from the Greek eu, "good", and thanatos, "death," literally,

"good death"; however, the word "euthanasia" is much more difficult to

define. Each person may define euthanasia differently. Who is to

decide whether a death is good or not? Is any form of death good? All

of these questions can be answered differently by each person. It is

generally taken today to mean that act which a health care

professional carries out to help his/her patient achieve a good death.

Suicide, self-deliverance, auto-euthanasia, aid-in-dying,

assisted suicide -- call it what you like -- can be justified by the

average supporter of the so-called "right to die movement" for the

following reasons: The first reason is that an advanced terminal

illness is causing unbearable suffering to the individual. This

is the doctor-assisted suicide of Dr. Kevorkian. The person must leave

life actions. The person must have a Will disposing of his or her

rather die. We say that there is a second form of suicide; justifiable

foremost to some people. If one's body has been so destroyed by

fight. It is when the fight is clearly hopeless and the agony,

productively for months or even years to come. If the ailment is not

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