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The history of euthanasia debates in the United States and Britain Emanuel EJAnn Intern Med 1994[Nov]; 121 (10): 793-802Debates about the ethics of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide date from ancient Greece and Rome. After the development of ether, physicians began advocating the use of anesthetics to relieve the pains of death. In 1870, Samuel Williams first proposed using anesthetics and morphine to intentionally end a patient's life. Over the next 35 years, debates about the ethics of euthanasia raged in the United States and Britain, culminating in 1906 in an Ohio bill to legalize euthanasia, a bill that was ultimately defeated. The arguments propounded for and against euthanasia in the 19th century are identical to contemporary arguments. Such similarities suggest four conclusions: Public interest in euthanasia 1) is not linked with advances in biomedical technology; 2) it flourishes in times of economic recession, in which individualism and social Darwinism are invoked to justify public policy; 3) it arises when physician authority over medical decision making is challenged; and 4) it occurs when terminating life-sustaining medical interventions become standard medical practice and interest develops in extending such practices to include euthanasia.|*Ethical Theory[MESH]|*Euthanasia, Active[MESH]|*Personal Autonomy[MESH]|*Vulnerable Populations[MESH]|Beneficence[MESH]|Double Effect Principle[MESH]|Editorial Policies[MESH]|Ethics[MESH]|Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary[MESH]|Euthanasia/*history[MESH]|History, 16th Century[MESH]|History, 18th Century[MESH]|History, 19th Century[MESH]|History, 20th Century[MESH]|History, Ancient[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Intention[MESH]|Lawyers[MESH]|Patient Rights[MESH]|Stress, Psychological[MESH]|Trust[MESH]|United Kingdom[MESH]|United States[MESH]|Wedge Argument[MESH]|Withholding Treatment[MESH] |
