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Eutanasia
Eutanasia
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Owner of your life and death
What is
Euthanasia?
Is the intervention voluntarily accepted by the
patient and carried out by a medical
profesional, wich accelerates the death of a
terminally ill patient, with the intention of
avoiding unnecessary suffering and pain.
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Euthanasia is only performed on
people who have terminal illness
with only six months of life
expectancy.
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They must suffer unbearable
pain, with irreversible physical
deterioration, but with mental
capacity to make an informed
decision.
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Types of euthanasia
• According to • According to
the medical the patient's
action wishes
Indirect Involuntar
Direct Voluntary
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Active or the result of intense a third party makes
the decision is made the decision without
positive medical
by the patient or by obtaining the
procedures, that
third parties consent of the
Passive or may result in death.
negative patient
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Causes and consequences
Painlessly and deliberately killing patients who claim to be
victims of unbearable suffering or extreme disability, in order to
free them from their plight and society from a useless .
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