Christian teachings on euthanasia
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- Created on: 09-05-16 17:58
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- Christian teachings on euthanasia
- All Christians oppose the practice of euthanasia
- Most Christians (including Roman Catholics) accept that doctors should be allowed to give lots of pain killing drugs even if they know it is shortening the patient's life
- They also believe that expensive treatments need not be carried out to lengthen the lives of dying patients
- Some Christians do not agree with switching off life support machines
- They believe in the sanctity of life
- Any form of euthanasia is regarded at murder
- It is up to medical professionals to determine when death has occured
- Christians support the hospice movement to give patients a good quality of life until the end (palliative care)
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