Should a totally hopeless and helpless patient who has lost all powers of reasoning be forced to live? The number of people who are asking this question increases each day. Although the official position of the medical profession is to maintain life, due to the irrecoverable condition of the patient such as Terri Schiavo, euthanasia should be administered. We are living in an age of medical miracles. Advanced lifesaving techniques begins to be accepted by …
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…be legalized. Life is invaluable, yet is 15 years of continuously spending worthy to keep a person who is useless to the society alive? The answer depends on what the person's valuation is. In the war, in order to eliminate the pain, the general could end the lives of ravaged soldiers who couldn't be saved but wasn't dead yet. In this case, in my own opinion, it should be made legal to remove Terri's feeding tube.