The reasons why so many patients with terminal illness want euthanasia to be legalised are obvious. Main reasons are, the endless unendurable pain, upsetting low quality of life, prognosis from specialists that there will be no improvement, burdening their family financially, physically and mentally. Patients who want voluntary euthanasia generally wish to end their life at home all prepared, next to their family and friends. By this way both the ones who are leaving and the ones who are left behind can stay strong as they were ready unlike the sudden passing away without any goodbyes.
It is hard to watch someone we love go through agony. This is the reason friends and family members of patient with terminal illness also support voluntary euthanasia. Many believe slow euthanasia is not enough and it is painful to watch them physically and mentally deteriorate. For example, the patients with chronic or life-threatening illness have to be given pain killer such as morphine regularly to help patients with pain but not enough is given as the right amount of morphine could end a patient’s life easily. If voluntary euthanasia is legalised in New Zealand, a high percentage of families and friends of patients would support this new law.
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