Euthanasia has been a controversial debate since its first being legalized in Netherlands and Belgium in 2002. Etymologically, the word “Euthanasia” comes from the Greek – eu, “good” and thanatos, “death”. Literally, it means “good death.” However, the word “Euthanasia” has acquired a more complex meaning in these modern times. People have misinterpreted the meaning to mean doing something about achieving a good death. They would argue that Euthanasia is basically an assisted dying that prevents terminally ill people from a lingering death and prolonged grief. The term “assisted dying” refers to ending the life of a person who has gone through a number of processes, involving physical, social, emotional, economic factors, spiritual as well as ethical issues, whose hope for continued living and cure is gone.
