Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from a painful and incurable disease. There are different types of euthanasia that a patient can undergo. The first type is known as voluntary euthanasia. This occurs when the patient has fully agreed to give up his life and usually suffers from an illness that inflicts unbearable pain. The patient refuses to take medicine, does not eat, or requests that his life support machines be turned off. The second type is non-voluntary euthanasia. This happens when the patient suffers from an irreversible coma, is too young to communicate, or lacks the mental capacity to make his or her own decisions. Then the doctor or family decides to take the patient off life support. The last type of euthanasia is involuntary euthanasia. This is when the victim wants to live but doesn't get what they want. This is usually the case when the person finds themselves in a situation where they know they will not survive, so they take the easy way out and commit suicide or ask someone else to do it for them. For example, if a soldier at war is bleeding from the loss of a limb and does not have enough tools or medications to stay healthy, he may decide to commit suicide rather than suffer the unbearable pain. (BBC) Voluntary euthanasia falls into 2 categories once the patient has decided to choose suicide. Voluntary passive euthanasia occurs when the doctor continues life support procedures but prescribes the patient a medicine that will become toxic if taken for the prescribed period of time. After several doses the patient will die slowly and painlessly. This, in most cases, is not even called euthanasia due… half of the paper… family. It would also help ensure that more patients in hospital with illnesses or injuries who have a chance of being cured rather than a patient in an irreversible coma taking up space with no hope of emerging from the coma (The World Federation of Right to Die Society). Works Cited BBC. Voluntary and involuntary euthanasia. 2014. web. January 17, 2014. Life. Alternatives to euthanasia. 2011. network. January 17, 2014. Medical news today. What is euthanasia (assisted suicide)? March 19, 2010. web. January 17, 2014.Newton, Heather. “Euthanasia: Overview.” Points of view: Euthanasia (2013). web.Oregon Health Authority. Oregon.gov. and web. 17 January 2014. The World Federation of Right to Death Societies. What is the difference between assisted death and euthanasia? and web. January 17, 2014.Wisconsin Right to Life. Where is it legal in the US? 2014. web. January 17th 2014.