What is euthanasia? Almost all people have thought about their own death once. When my family or I need some life-support systems, respirators, and feeding tubes to be living, how should we think about euthanasia? If I were the patient, I would assert my right to death. When I came not to control the body power by myself, I would not worry about it at all, regarding that my life has ended there, because I can imagine easily that it is too distressing to live when I have to use some life-support systems and impose the burden which is a lot of money and a lot of devoted care on my family. If the disease causes some physical pain, it is even more so. On the other hand, what could I do if my family member were in the situation? If they had their living will that says they want to choose euthanasia, it would be my real intention that I wish them to live long even if it is one more second. Thus, there are three key points to approve of euthanasia: patient's intention (living will), correct diagnosis by a doctor, and the family's emotion. I would like to describe these three points.

Do you have your living will? How many people can answer this question with "Yes"? If they do not have their own living will, how should the intention of the patients who cannot live anymore without any life-support systems be treated? Even if the patients have their own living will, will their intention ever be realized? If you really want to realize your intention, it is best to make your own living will and talk about the contents to your family.

Are doctors always on patients' side? No one can prevent death finally, but we can and should ensure that the dying process is a gentle and peaceful one. We need our doctor's help to realize the dying process. What kind of opinions do the doctors have? The long agonizing, drugged weeks make many patients beg their doctors to help them die, and many doctors, mindful of the ethics of their profession, feel forced to refuse. Those who accede to such a request know they are breaking the law and putting their careers at risk. This is the dilemma which faces all of us now. Should we have the legal right to ask our doctors to help us die when the end of life is in sight and our suffering severe? And the doctors are pressed to make their decision.

When your family member could not live anymore without any life-support systems, could you accept obediently that it was his or her death? If he or she had his or her own living will which wants to die, could you kill him or her intentionally? It is hard for us to believe, but it is a fact that there is every possibility we will have to think about it deeply.

Thus, the understanding and cooperation of many related people is needed to choose one's death by oneself. The family has to bear the emotional difficulty that watches the death of their blood relation. The doctors have to decide to undertake their entreaty to help one die. It looks that there are a lot of obstacles to get the right to death. It is likely to take a lot of time in order to come to be able to select one's own death by oneself. We should face our death, pursue the definition of euthanasia and morals, try to reform them as an occasion demand, and think about really get the right to death and "death with dignity".