A Spinthouraki, S N Michaleas, I Nikolakakis, G Marinos, I Dimitriadis, M Karamanou
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The historical review of euthanasia shows the pivotal role played by Christianity in the perceptions and attitudes towards it. In ancient Greece and Rome, euthanasia was rejected by medicine, but philosophy and ethics supported it as an attitude to life. Euthanasia was synonymous with an honorable and good death, and as a means of avoiding the sufferings that old age might bring. These attitudes and perceptions changed with the establishment of Christianity. Euthanasia was characterized as a forbidden act and as an insult to God against the gift of life that was given to man.
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