On 9th March 2018, the Supreme ocurt of India in an landmark ruling said that passive euthanasia is permissible by allowing “living will” by patients on withdrawing life saving medical support if they slip into irreversible coma. So let us first understand what is euthanasia- Understanding Euthanasia The term ‘euthanasia’ is derived from the Greek words- ‘eu’ meaning "good“ and ‘thanatos’ meaning "death". One meaning given to the word is "the intentional termination of life by another at the explicit request of the person who dies." In the modern day context euthanasia means causing painless death of a person suffering from an incurable and painful disease.
CLASSIFICATION OF EUTHANASIA- VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA. The person wants to die and says so. This includes cases of: Asking for help with dying Refusing burdensome medical treatment Asking for medical treatment to be stopped, or life…
