There is only one major difference between active and passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia is when the patient is having the suicide done for them so as to end their pain or suffering. Whereas the passive euthanasia is when the patients are removed from medication, whether the medication is pills or life support, and are in turn allowed to die as they would normally. An example of active euthanasia would be if a patient had a …showed first 75 words of 603 total…

…showed last 75 words of 603 total…if you know the outcome would be the same without it. Although you may have the opportunity to live longer and see more, who wants to live out the remainder of their years in pain and suffering? The only exception is the brain dead state since you can never truly know the outcome. However someone, somewhere along the line has to make some kind of decision in order to continue on with their own lives.