Euthanasia `the bringing about of a gentle and easy death in the case of an incurable and painful disease.' This issue has become highly controversial in recent years, as it has been legalised in Holland while relatives are being imprisoned in this country for helping their loved ones to die. These high profile cases have allowed us to see the distinct gap between those who believe that a person has the right to end their lives if they are in pain and those who believe that euthanasia is a last resort of an uncaring society.

The pro-euthanasia lobby believe that every person should have the right to end their own life though only at a point when they had no quality of life left.

The anti-euthanasia lobby would argue that hospices and hospitals could provide a dignified and pain free death. The hospices movement have stated that...