Euthanasia: Global Scenario And Its Status In India

<p>The Book entitled EUTHANASIA: GLOBAL SCENARIO AND ITS STATUS IN INDIA contain the following aspects related to Euthanasia: <br/>1. DEVELOPMENTS OF THE CONCEPT OF EUTHANASIA NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. <br/>2. CONCEPTUAL CLASSIFICATION OF EUTHANASIA. <br/>3. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK OF EUTHANASIA. <br/>4. JUDICIAL EXAMINATION OF EUTHANASIA. Euthanasia and its procedure entail complicated issues regarding legal and procedural compliance in countries across the world. Every adult of sound mind has a right to determine what should be done with his/her person. It is unlawful to administer treatment on a conscious adult and of sound mind without his consent. Patients with Permanent Vegetative State (PVS) and no hope of improvement cannot make treatment decisions to be given to them. It is ultimately for the Court to decide as parens parties as to what is in the best interest of the patient. Every human being desires to live and enjoy life till he dies. But sometimes a human being wishes to end his life in the manner he chooses. To end ones life unnaturally is a sign of abnormality. When a person ends his life by his own act we call it suicide but to end a persons life by others at the request of the deceased is called euthanasia or mercy killing. This work is helpful particularly to the law teachers lawyers research scholars bench and bars sociologists social workers and every citizen at large.</p>