However, end-of-life debates tend to occur more in North America, Europe and Australia than in Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East, although there are exceptions to this trend []. In the world today, there are only a handful of countries that allow euthanasia, including: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Furthermore, medically assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland, Germany, Albania, Colombia, Japan and the US states of Washington, Oregon, Vermont, New Mexico and Montana []. In Canada, a bill on euthanasia will be proposed to the Quebec parliament, following the release of a provincial government report saying more should be done to create laws allowing euthanasia for terminally ill patients [7]. The controversial Bill 52 that Quebec would likely pass would represent the first breakthrough in the right-to-die movement in the history of Canada and the Commonwealth. The only time the Commonwealth has seen legislation passed on euthanasia was in 1995 in Australia, when a law allowing medically assisted suicide was passed in the Northern Territory of Australia. Although the law allowed greater freedom of choice for terminally ill patients, the law was revoked in 1997 due to social, religious and monarchical pressure [7]. Unfortunately, in today's society, the benefits of using euthanasia are outdated