Abstract
Euthanasia refers to the act which shortens or terminates life painlessly in order to end suffering where there is no hope of recovery. This paper covers the meaning of Euthanasia differentiating it from suicide. It also gives insight about the different forms or practices of Euthanasia depending to the situation or circumstances prevailing India is a democratic country having different cultures practiced. Viewing different thoughts, practices and history of Euthanasia in cultures of Hindu, Muslim and Christianity gives the significance of Euthanasia in Indian framework.
Highlights
Every human being strives to live and achieve greatest height in their life
When we talk about the desire to die, there are certain cases where the person’s life is ended by others on the request of the deceased. This is mainly in the case of the people who are suffering from terminal illnesses or suffering pain which is beyond their capacity to bear
People call it as Mercy killing, which is known as Euthanasia (1)
Summary
Every human being strives to live and achieve greatest height in their life. They wish to enjoy their life and build relationship with people around, before the death comes to them. When we talk about the desire to die, there are certain cases where the person’s life is ended by others on the request of the deceased This is mainly in the case of the people who are suffering from terminal illnesses or suffering pain which is beyond their capacity to bear. It is necessary that the request to end the life should be made by the person himself suffering from intolerable pain or terminal illness. This request should not be influenced or coerced by any family members or their caretakers around (5). The individual who is suffering from persistent suffering and incurable disease and who wants to die but are unable to do so, they would be able to do it with the assistance of a doctor injecting dosage of drugs, though there are various cases against doctor charging them for murder or shortening the patient’s life (5) (10)
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