The dilemma surrounding physician assisted suicide, is a one unlike most, which juggles death on a fine line. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, euthanasia is “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy” (“euthanasia”). The word is derived from the Greek “eu” meaning well and “Thanatos” meaning death, essentially meaning an “easy death”. Euthanasia can be voluntary or involuntary, as well as active (when a patient is administered a lethal drug), or passive (from a lack of…