The Living Will

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The paper focuses on the concept of the living will and the right to die issue that is so prevalent in our society today. The paper discusses what a living will is and what it is used for. The paper explores the factors that are incorporated into the right to die issue, such as physician assisted suicide and pain management. The paper also examines those affected by a person's right to die including the family, patient and physician.

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"Recent events in the United States, (most notably the death of Terri Schiavo) lead the world to seriously consider whether human beings have the right to elect to die. There are many perspectives to consider when contemplating this issue. Not only is the patient's will involved in the decision, but the medical community and the families of patients are all directly affected by a decision of this magnitude. Furthermore, one must consider that we all have views about what we would do in certain circumstances when we have never truly faced them in reality. Therefore, the question of whether or not a patient has a change of opinion when confronted with the situation may never be answered, yet, it will always be contemplated by those that are left behind."

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