41.  It is a good thing to prolong people's life provided one enjoys perfect health, but it is possibly not a good thing to save one's life artificially when he (she) is stricken with a severe mental or physical disability or extremely poor health.

42.  No one would deny that this is a good thing---if one enjoys perfect health.

43.  If a person is seriously ill and painful, and there is no way to cure his disease or release his pain, is it still a good thing to prolong this patient's life?

44.  Since it's not a happy experience, hastening it can be a good thing.

45.  No one would deny it's a good thing because it gets rid of patients' suffering However, there are also times when there is no chance to avoid death and the rest of patient's life will be devoured by extreme pain.

46.  In China, people used to think that death was not a good thing, so they tried to avoid death as possible as they could.

47.  With the development of medical technology, people can lengthen their lifes, but is it a good thing to extend human suffering when 'a patient is in a helpless situation.

48.  No one would deny that long life is a good thing---provided one enjoys perfect health.

49.  But is it a good thing to extend human suffering, to prolong life, not in order to give joy and happiness, but to give pain and sorrow?

50.  When a patient is hopeless to recover, it is not a good thing to extend his or her suffering by artificial means.