Is euthanasia incompatible with Christian belief and practice?
… will actively take part in the killing of a patient. Voluntary euthanasia means that the patient who is probably suffering from a terminal illness, actually requests death. Involuntary euthanasia means that the patient is killed by a doctor without consent because they could be in a coma and obviously unable to give consent. Dying with dignity is important for all and it lies at the heart of traditional approaches to the care of the terminally ill, but euthanasia involves the will to self-destruct, which characterises suicide. It raises further ethical, practical and religious problems for the physician, nurse or whoever carries euthanasia out. Euthanasia is illegal in Britain although passive euthanasia is performed when life support machines are turned off when a patient is obviously dead. Apart from this, there are still numerous medical dilemmas associated with it as well as religious dilemmas. If a doctor stopped a patient’s medical treatment …
