Dax Cowart was hospitalized after a gas explosion hit his car because he suffered severe burns. He was "burned so badly and [was] in so much pain that [he] didn't want to live even the first moments after the explosion." He repeatedly asked his doctors and family to end his agony. Dianne Pretty had motor neuron disease that causes a painful death. She wanted to have “a quick death without suffering, at home surrounded by [her] family.” Mary Ormerod, 85, starved to death after falling into a coma. Her doctor and daughter agreed to put an end to her torment, but the doctor was suspended in the process (BBC). These and many other cases have occurred in the history of medicine, and many more are destined to occur. This end of anguish is called euthanasia. In order to discuss the ethical concerns of the issue, it is necessary to define euthanasia and understand its different classes. The discussion itself must be based on a method of reasoning and logic. One of the sources of ethical logic, and probably the main method of reasoning in some parts of the world, is religion. Different religions differ in their view of euthanasia, some sharing similarities while others differ completely. According to the book titled “Euthanasia: a Reference Handbook” by McDougall and Gorman, Merriam Webster dictionary defines euthanasia as “an easy death or mercy killing.” Suicide is also defined as “the act of killing oneself on purpose” (McDougall, Gorman, and Roberts). Therefore, physician-assisted suicide is the act of taking one's own life with the help of a physician (McDougall, Gorman, & Roberts). Euthanasia is a very controversial issue, some consider it a human right while others consider it unethical. One of the......middle of the newspaper......news about euthanasia. Following this similarity of views, can a global ethical law be formed? To answer this question, further investigation into the views of these three religions on other ethical issues is needed. Works Cited Alters, Sandra. Death and dying: controversies over the end of life. Detroit: Gale, Cengage Learning, 2009.Athar, Shahid, and Hossam E. Fadel. ISLAMIC MEDICAL ETHICS: the IMANA perspective. ndBBC. BBC. April 4, 2011 .Betzold, Michel (1993). Appointment with Doctor Death. Troy, MI: Momentum Books.McDougall, Jennifer Fecio, Martha Gorman, and Carolyn S. Roberts. Euthanasia: a reference manual. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2008.Novak, David. The sanctity of human life. Washington DC: Georgetown UP, 2007. Sachdina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein. Islamic biomedical ethics: principles and application. Oxford: Oxford SU, 2009.