Euthanasia

Euthanasia has been a well debated topic worldwide for centuries, I think it is time to settle the score. In the sense of the deliberate hastening of a persons death, it was supported by Plato, Seneca the Elder, and Socrates, but   being such a controversial, topic it was and still is opposed by many considering it contradicts humans' natural survival instinct and other reasons dealing with religion. If the patient and/or family of a patient do not believe in euthanasia for whatever reason, they do have the option to not use the drug. The use of active euthanasia in hospitals is sometimes the moral option for a miserable patient, if used under the right circumstances it can prevent further suffering, stop the dissipation of necessary hospital resources and save monetary assets for patients' families.
            There are two classifications of euthanasia utilized in hospitals; voluntary and non-voluntary. The voluntary use of euthanasia is when there is consent from a patient for a physician to aid bringing about his or her own death. Assisted suicide is also a common sobriquet for voluntary euthanasia. This may be a very appealing possibility for many terminally ill patients or anyone who simply cannot stand living any longer on account of personal suffering. Imagine yourself, in a cold, paper lined, hospital bed with excruciating pain, unable to stand, hardly able to eat, incapable of thinking about anything else. You're left weak, powerless, for only your agony to consume you. There is no alternative to escape this torment but death, but you are forced to suffer through for years until you pass away because your body just couldn't take it anymore. Wouldn't it have been better to cease your distress? Surely any family member would sympathize and understand your decision, but the law obligated you to sit in a hospital bed,wasting away, only to pass a few years later. Along with pointless it is also cruel, but somehow assisted suicide is only legal in Oregon,...