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sociology (medical sociology (euthanasia :star: (impact (medical…
sociology
medical sociology
euthanasia :star:
cultural factor
belief
buddhism
against - law of karma
christian
against - Human life bears God’s image and it is not for us to terminate.
hinduism
against - law of doing no harm
muslim
against - God chooses how long each person lives
social factor
law
legal
Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and in six US States (California, Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington State)
scale
Thailand
not legalize
Because Thai laws are partly influenced by Buddhism
allowance in Section 12 for a person to make a “living will in writing” to refuse resuscitation or medical treatments that would only prolong his/her terminal state of life.
international
legal in very few places in the world
impact
society
damage the foundational societal value of respect for human life
politic
legalization of euthanasia would divide people with different opinion even more
medical
hippocratic oath
euthanasia make physician involve in the infliction of death on those for whom they provide care and treatment.
medical ethic
example
https://nypost.com/2019/06/08/this-teens-death-wasnt-euthanasia-but-it-was-still-deeply-wrong/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/children-euthanasia-belgium-youngest-killed-terminally-ill-cfcee-a8481311.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/assisted-dying-law-uk-noel-conway-court-of-appeal-ban-case-rejected-a8418951.html
homeopathic remedy
a homeopathic remedy doesn’t actively induce death but puts the patient at ease, not by drugging them but by ameliorating their symptoms.
how is it different from euthanasia?
homeopathic patient dies with consciousness.
why so many people are against it?
against religious belief
ill patient would feel pressured to killed themselve
Sociology of science
educational sociology