A Case for Active Euthanasia You hope the day never comes. Your spouse has been in ICU for three weeks, and the doctor has told you there is severe irreversible brain damage. The family is called for a meeting with the doctor to make a very hard decision. All options are addressed. The decision is made to remove all IV’s, feeding tubes, and the ventilator. Weepy and grief-stricken, you sign a consent form, and …showed first 75 words of 959 total…

…showed last 75 words of 959 total…an extreme amount of pain, by whatever means, is justifiably right. Letting a patient suffer while waiting for death is wrong and is unacceptable. People appear to be adjusting their old ideas to include the new possibilities available in this ever-changing world. Bibliography WORKS CITED Clement, Mary, Humphry, Derek. Freedom to Die: People, Politics, and the Right-To-Die Movement. New York: St Martins P, 1998. Information Plus. Death & dying-who decides? ISBN 1-878623-81-8. Texas: Information P. 1994