The debate on euthanasia and its legal progress around the world
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By Matt Carter
Euthanasia is a practice that refers to an act that ends a person’s life to prevent agony.
This practice, already recognised in Greek times, is now described as an action to cause the death of an individual suffering from an incurable disease. This one causes intolerable mental and/or physical suffering. Euthanasia is done by a specialised doctor or under the patient’s own control.
Considering the fact that life expectancy has increased in industrialised countries followed by...
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