EUTHANASIA

WHAT IS
EUTHANASIA?
The practice of ending a life
in manner which relieves
pain and suffering.
 According the House of Lords Select
Committee on Medical Ethics

Definition of Euthanasia
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“A deliberate
intervention undertaken
with the express
intention of ending a life,
to relieve intractable
suffering.”
TYPES OF EUTHANASIA

1. VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA

Conducted with the consent

of the patient
 2. NONVOLUNTARY
EUTHANASIA

Conducted where the consent

of the patient is unavailable
3. INVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA

Conducted against the will of

the patient
PHILIPPINE
SETTING
 Euthanasia is not legal in the
Philippines but some are using
Euthanasia or mercy killing on
terminally ill patients and most of
them are poor.

They have no other choice but to use Euthanasia

to stop the patient from suffering from pain.