Euthanasia

Dr Ravenscroft's Views

1. According to Dr Ravenscroft, why did Australia's Northern Territory legalise voluntary euthanasia?

2. What alternative to euthanasia does he prefer?

3. According to Dr Ravenscroft, what is the danger of making euthansia an easy choice?

4. In the final paragraph, we are told that Dr Ravenscroft "fears that people can be persuaded to choose euthanasia when they do not really want to".
Who do you think might put this pressure on them, and why?

5. What is Dr Ravenscroft's own attitude towards death? (Read the third paragraph.)