Many people are unaware.
In Singapore, there is already a program called,
Advanced Medical Directive.
( AMD )
If you go to hospitals, sometimes you can see the brochures
about it. You can pick up one and read it.
Basically,
It means if someone is sick to the point of incurable, and there
is no medical procedures which can realistically cure his ilness,
and the person is at a very suffering / almost dying state, then
the person can instruct the medical personnel to stop any
unnecessary procedures and just focus on pain reduction and
feeding.
This is my layman language and understanding.
It is something like that.
And as the name implies , Advanced Medical Directive, means that
this instruction can be given at an advanced / prior phase.
So you can sign it while you are still healthy.
So,
I believe this is a good solution.
This is not exactly Euthanasia, but it has sufficiently and
adequately adress the spirit of it.
This is much better than Euthanasia, in my humble opinion.
Because the difference is,
In Euthanasia,
There is an active action to squelch human life.
This brings moral hazard.
Meanwhile AMD does not do anything to actively to squelch human
life, but just to withdraw certain procedures, and then passively
let the human pass away to the afterlife.
So in the ideological and philosophical spectrum, I believe AMD
is a bit more centrist and prudent, while Euthanasia is more
left-wing.
AMD should be enough.