In 1999 he was stripped of his medicine practicing license, arrested, trialed and convicted. He was sentenced to 7 years in jail. His charge: Euthanasia or Physician Assisted Suicide.

As controversial as abortion, homosexuality or death penalty, Euthanasia is originated from Greek language, Eu means "Good" and Thanatos means "Death". Usually Euthanasia means that the person who wishes to commit suicide must explicitly request the act. But some expand this word to contain the involuntary termination of life.

Although the final outcome is death, we must be able to differentiate between different forms of euthanasia.

#1 Passive Euthanasia: it is the process of hastening the death of a terminally ill patient by eliminating any kind of life support given to him and eventually letting nature take its course. This is done by several methods, for example

„« Not delivering any form of resuscitation in case of cardiac arrest.

These procedures are mostly performed on patients in a vegetative state or comaK

#2 Active Euthanasia: or commonly known as physi

„« They live in an excessive chronic pain and can't afford drugs or painkillers.

„« Some believe that the amount of pain felt by the patient could be considerably reduced through proper drug management.

It is currently being studied and review in the rest of the Usa, Canada, England and South Africa.

„« Not everyone is a devout believer and many are atheists, should the voice of those

The countries that already legalized this procedure have all insisted on 4 main points:

These countries are Japan, the Netherlands and Colombia; Euthanasia is partly permitted in the Usa (Oregon state) and in the northern territories of Australia.

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