Euthanasia is a Greek word meaning sweet and easy death. However, it is the opposite. It is not a sweet or easy death because there is no kind of death called sweet in the world. According to the writer Prof. Ian Dowbiggin, in ancient Greece euthanasia was used without the patient's permission. It means that in ancient Greece they didn't care about voluntariness. Furthermore, few doctors obey the rules of the Hippocratic Oath. (250) After Christianity, the church discovered how evil suicide was and told people that killing another person or oneself was brutal behavior. For a short time no one deeply questioned euthanasia. However, during the reforms, euthanasia became known again. According to research conducted in New York on euthanasia and assisted suicide, Renaissance and Reformation authors challenged the Church against euthanasia and succeeded. (80) In other words, the Church has made euthanasia illegal. The reason for this result was that euthanasia did more harm than good and was open to abuse and was misused by doctors. Doctors use euthanasia to earn more money and gain other benefits. They can kill people by saying there is no preference. They can make money by killing people who want to die, but aren't suffering from a disease. Unfortunately, there are some countries that have legalized euthanasia. However, euthanasia should not be legalized because it undermines medical research, conflicts with medical ethics and doctors' duties, puts pressure on people and most religions are against euthanasia. Initially, euthanasia seems like an escape from problems because unfortunately it brings death, deaths prevent medical research that offers people more comfortable conditions. Medi...... middle of paper...... Encyclopedia Britannica, 2012. Mar. Mar. 2014. "Islam and medical ethics." BBC News. BBC and Web. April 16, 2014. New York State Task Force on Life and Law. “When Seeking Death: Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia in the Medical Context” New York: New York State Task Force, May 1994. WebPeter Saunders MBChB FRACS “Twelve Reasons…Why Euthanasia Should Not Be Legalized.” Christian Medical Scholarship. CMF, n.d. Network. 25 March 2014 "Judaism, euthanasia and suicide". BBC News. BBC and Web. 05 April 2014. The Koran, Surat Al-'Isrā 17:33. Trans. by Muhammad Abdel Haleem.USA,Oxford University Press, 15 June 2008. e-book.The Quran, Surat An-Nahl 16:61. Trans. by Muhammad Abdel Haleem.USA, Oxford University Press, 15 June 2008. e-book.