Euthanasia

Euthanasia is the "painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. The practice is illegal in most countries." This idea causes many debates and controversies. Euthanasia is used very frequently with animals and very little is thought of the matter. However, with people this practice takes on a whole new life. For animals, we don't know what they're thinking of whether they want to live, so we can take it under our hands to put them to sleep and out of their misery if we feel it is necessary. However, the same thing can be said in certain situations with humans. Sometimes, humans are in a coma and remain in one for a while. These people cannot talk and say how they're feeling or if they would rather die than live in misery. I feel like in some cases euthanasia i very beneficial. For instance, with animals I think it is very helpful. In humans, I feel like yes, sometimes people that are in a coma for a long time would in fact rather die than stay in a vegetable-like state, but also we never know. There are some humans who have the will to live, no matter their conditions, and would rather stay in a coma until it was their time, instead of having family members make that choice for them when they are physically unable. I think euthanasia is helpful and means well until it may become overused. I feel like if euthanasia were made legal in more countries, life would not be regarded as high. Whenever doctors felt that they didn't want to devote time and effort to making a patient feel better, they could go to euthanasia to solve their problems. In this light, this practice is bad and I am very against it. However, how do we ever know if doctors are serious and the patient really has no chance of recovering? How do we know whether there is nothing more that can be done? How do we know the patient will not develop a little bit of fight and come back kicking? There are many questions that have to be asked and the truth is we cannot really answer them. I think that patients should state somewhere whether after a certain amount of days of serious bad health, such as coma, and they are for it, the doctor can use euthanasia. There should be a minimum amount of days that the doctor has to work for the patient and do all they can to make them healthy, instead of just falling to euthanasia when there is nothing available at the moment. Also, I think that the family members of the patient have to be fully on board. After all, it is their life the euthanasia would be affecting also. They are losing a loved one so they have to decide when the time comes. I approve this idea but I think there have to be many restrictions so that people don't just use it as an easy way out. Doctors have to take in to account everything in regards to the patient to see if whether there is ANY chance of the patient making it. If there is no ounce of a chance, then euthanasia could/should be used to take the person out of their pain and suffering, as long as the restrictions are met.