Periodically in the Papers, One Reads About a Patient Who

Essay

Periodically in the papers, one reads about a patient who had been in a vegetative state for years, miraculously awakening, summoning family, talking, etc. These seemingly miraculous cures, when all hope for benefit was considered lost, are often used to argue against the use of physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia especially for patients in long-term vegetative states. In an essay, respond to the argument that one should not consider active euthanasia based on the fact that a cure could be found, or that somewhere someone had a miraculous recovery.