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Should death with dignity be permitted?

There is an argument as to whether death with dignity should be allowed - not only in Japan, but throughout the world. ‘Death with dignity’ is defined as people maintain their human dignity and face death. Some say that ‘Death with dignity’ allows suicide and assisted suicide. Others say that they want to choose the way to die. Thus, there are many kinds of opinions about ‘Death with dignity’.

Some countries such as Netherlands and Switzerland have already enacted. The 90 percents of the people who hopes ‘Death of dignity’ are cancer patients. They are diagnosed to live for only a few weeks. As far as I searched on the internet, in Netherlands does not have any serious problems.

In her case, - Miss B’s case in the textbook-, the doctor should not be allowed to turn off the ventilator. In fact, she wanted a peaceful death. However, she started to think it since she became to keep alive only by a ventilator and the tubes that deliver food into her body. She is single with no children, also maybe no one cheered her up. If someone had encouraged her positively, she would not have hoped to die.

The most difficult point is how to judge whether a person decides under the ideal ‘Death with dignity’. Although everyone has the different opinion of life, it should be not permitted to die because of the temporary emotion. I think an organization that supports them to cheer up empathetically is necessity. It is quite important as well as the regulation.

In conclusion, I think the more and more country allowed ‘Death with dignity’ in the future. However, the regulation and support organization are the most important things to apply for ‘Death with dignity’.