hottile with a body
...s and life-prolonging devices are attached to them even if the patients have untreatable diseases. These conditions are hard for me to accept. If a patient asks doctors in earnest to perform euthanasia, I believe they must give consideration to this request. Euthanasia should be performed under some certain conditions. First, the patient should be fully aware of what is happening. Second, the patient should be an aged person and he/she should have terminal disease. Third, the patient should let a doctor and family know his/her decisive will and then many doctors should seriously consider the matter. It is to be desired that the person writes a living will in advance as to how to end their life. The most important thing is the self-determination of patients in medical treatment. Doctors need to respect their will more than anything else. It is possible that euthanasia will be legalised even if it cannot be done immediately. Th...