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What’sthemeaningoflifeanddeath?——620Euthanasia?•Euthanasia,alsonamedPhysician-assistedsuicide,meanstostoptreatmentormedicinefortheincurablepatients,andletthempassawaywithoutsuffering.•ThewordEuthanasiacomesfromGreek，whichmeanstodiehappily.•Therearetwotypesofeuthanasia,activeeuthanasiaandbeingeuthanized.Phenomenon•Nowmanypeopleinanincurablediseasewanttohaveeuthanasiatoendhisownlife.•Xiannineuremia(尿毒症)patientsrequestsforeuthanasiaforward:”We’vebeensufferingfromblooddialysis(血透)foryears.Pleaseendourlife,we’dliketodonateourbodytothemedicalinstitutions.•GuiYanga22-year-oldHCC肝癌patientLiLinalsoasked，“Whocanhelpmeeuthanasia？WewantEuthanasia!•researchInthepast,peoplehasformedanideathattheywouldbecrematedaftertheirdeath.Itisakindofwaste.In1997,afterthedemiseofcomrade,DengXiaopingdonatedhiscorneatoothers,thebodytothenationformedicalresearch.Theimplementationofeuthanasiafornationalresearchwillnotonlybehelpfultodisease,butalsoismuchmoresignificantandvaluabletodeath.NationalInstituteofpublicopinionpollon“canwerequestdeath?”In1947to37%infavorofeuthanasiaIn1983,51%,1973,risingto63%Inrecentyears,reached72%0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%194719731983recentyears•familyTheexpenseistoohightobeaffordable.Whydosomanypeopleprefereuthanasia?DiseasemostlyleadstopovertyanddeathPersonal•Sufferfromthegreatphysicalandmentalaltercation•Euthanasiacanhelppatientsgetridoftheirendlesspain,whileothersuicideispainful,likehanging、eatingpoisonandetc.•Butaftertheimplementationofeuthanasia,onlyinjectinganAnDingJiwillletpeopleleaveinslumberunknowingly,andthepainwilldiedownforever,whichhumanitarianpurposes人道主义宗旨.SocietyTheimplementationofeuthanasianotonlysolvesthepersonalpainandthepaintothefamily,butalsoreducestheburdenofthesociety.AgainstFrompersonalperspective:Euthanasiaistokillpeople.Lifeissoimportantforeveryone.Peopledonotonlyliveforthemselves,buttheyalsolivefortheirfamiliesandthesociety.Iftheychoosetoleavetheworld,theyarenotresponsibleforthemselves,theirfamiliesandthesociety.Euthanasiaisdisparagementoflife.AgainstPatientsshouldcherishtheirlife.Theyshouldtrytheirbesttoprevailincurabledisease.Everyoneshouldshowbasicrespecttolife.Nomatterwhathappens,weshouldfacewiththefacts,weshouldliveonwithgreatcourage,weshouldbelieveinwonder.Nothingisimpossible.Euthanasiastopsthemedicinedeveloping.Ifthepatientsrequireusingeuthanasia,doctorswon’ttrytheirbesttosavepatients.Themedicinewillstopimproving.Ifeuthanasiaismadelegal,patientswhouseeuthanasiawillbeprotectedbylaw.Thedoctors’rightwillbeobvious.Doctorsaregivensomuchpowerthattheymaybewrongorunethical.However,patientsputtheirfaithandtrusttothedoctors.MedicineDevelopment•SocietyandhumanspiritAsitislegalized,theabuseofeuthanasiacanharmpeople’slives.Miraclecouldhappen,soyoucanneverunderestimatethepowerofthehumanspirit.Inthecountry,humanlifemeanseverything.Anylooseningoftheassisted-suicidelawscouldeventuallyleadtoabusesoftheprivilege.Manyreligionsprohibitsuicideandhomicide.ThemostbasiccommandmentisYoushallnotkill.Terminatelife-sustainingtreatment.Thereisnoessentialdifferencebetweenphysician-assistedsuicideandterminationoflife-sustainingtreatment,sincerefusaloflife-sustainingtreatmentisalegalright.Thecurrentpositingofrightstodowhateveronepleasesisamoderndevelopment.Sothenaturalrighttodieisastretchfrominterpretationofrights.SummaryDetails•Atpresent,therearesomecountries,suchasHollandmercy-killinghaslegalized.•Eachyearmillionsofpatientswithcancereveryday,theybeardiseasenow.•Thefamilydestructioncausedbydiseaseeveryyeariscountless.Ourunderstanding1.Weagreewiththeactiveeuthanasia,nottobeeuthanized.2.Chinesegovernmentshouldstrengthenlegislationineuthanasia.Thankyou!