


Volume 20 No 10 (2022)
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Right to Die with Dignity: Euthanasia Debate in Neuroscience
Sayan Das
Abstract
Technology’s role in clinical neurology has grown exponentially during the past two decades.
Physicians have forgotten that it is their responsibility to help their patients die in peace and
comfort, as this is now a legally protected fundamental inherent right according to the Common
Cause decision. There is a chance that India’s strong religious beliefs opposing abortion and
euthanasia would ultimately trump the recently legitimized right to die with dignity by the country’s
highest court. People in India with terminal diseases have flooded government offices and the courts
with requests for palliative care regulations. This is largely a legal and ethical discussion, but it has
also touched on issues of human rights, health, religion, economics, spirituality, and culture.
According to professionals in the field of public health, it is crucial to determine the mental health of
the person requesting euthanasia. Feelings of hopelessness, sadness, and unhappiness are typically
at the forefront of people’s minds when they decide to terminate their lives through euthanasia. The
study seeks to trace the debate of death with dignity and neuroscience in terms of passive
euthanasia in the form of withdrawal of life support system.
Keywords
Right to die, Die with Dignity, Euthanasia, Neurology, Neuroscience
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