Should People Who Are Critically Ill and in Intense Pain

question 27

Essay

Should people who are critically ill and in intense pain be able to "pull their own plug"-that is, put themselves to death? Explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Processes

Sequences of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.

Domains

in a biological context, refer to the largest divisions in the classification of life, including Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.

Life

The condition distinguishing animals and plants from inorganic matter, including capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.

Eukarya

One of the three domains of life, consisting of organisms with cells that have a nucleus enclosed within membranes.