Euthanasia Starter – Look at the picture on your desks, describe in full sentences what you think is happening in this picture and why. Extension starter – Write your own learning objectives. Learning Objectives…
Euthanasia Definition Euthanasia is the word used when someone helps another person to die, usually because they are terminally ill (there is no hope of recovery) Note this down
Types of Euthanasia Passive - Ending someone’s life by withholding essential life-giving care. Active - Acting to end someone’s life, eg, by giving a lethal injection. Voluntary - Ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death. Involuntary - Ending someone’s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so.
What type of Euthanasia are the following? 1) A woman who is terminally ill and unable to communicate is being nursed at home by her husband. Her pain is controlled by morphine received through a motorised syringe driver. Her death came when her husband gave her a massive overdose of the drug.
… 2) A doctor treating an elderly, bed-ridden patient at home, leaves powerful sleeping pills by the bed with strict instructions that no more than two must be taken at any one time. The patient has already told the doctor that she wants to die.
… A badly deformed baby is born and needs immediate maximum intensive care to survive. The mother also needs urgent medical care, and the doctor deliberately deals with her needs first.
Euthanasia: Right or Wrong http://www.truetube.co.uk/body-and-health/life--death/writing-your-own-end Watch video and decide whether you think Euthanasia is right or wring and why
Thought Triangle What have I seen? What do I want to know now? What have I done? What have I heard? Hwk give out spellings and meanings – revise spellings and meanings