Direito Administrativo

In recent years, advances in medical technology have

made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New

medicines and machines are being developed every day to extend

life. However, some people, including some doctors, are not in

favor of these life-extending measures, and they argue that people

should have the right to die when they want. They say that the

quality of life is as important as life itself, and that people should

not be forced to go on living when the conditions of life have

become unbearable. They say that people should be allowed to

die with dignity and to decide when they want to die. Others

argue that life under any circumstances is better than death and

that the duty of doctors is always to extend life as long as

possible. And so the battle goes on and on without a definite

answer. L. Markstein and L. Hirasawa. Expanding

reading skills (advanced). Newbury House

Publishers, Inc. Rowley, Massachusets, p. 179

It can be correctly concluded from the text above that

the right to die is a controversial issue.