Euthanasia

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This paper argues that physician-assisted suicide (PAS) should be legal, because it is morally and ethically allowable for a doctor to provide the assistance to a terminally-ill patient to end his or her own life, allowing them the right to determine when and how his or her life should be terminated when that patient is dying from an incurable or debilitating illness. The author points out that the person in question is going to die from the disease and should be the sole determiner of when to end his or her suffering even if it is contrary to the moral or religious viewpoints of family members, doctors or other caregivers. The paper stresses that death in this manner gives the person the opportunity to die with dignity and perhaps even discover the meaning of one's life.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Types of Euthanasia
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Death and Dying
Dying Should Be Seen as a Time of Growth
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"When a doctor becomes involved in the premature death of a patient, this is known as physician-assisted suicide which provides the patient with the dignity to die as painlessly as possible and with a sense of personal contentment. In most cases, the patient that requests PAS is not suffering from any mental condition which means that he/she is of sound mind. This greatly aids the attending physician, for it makes it clear that the patient should be given the right to die with dignity when that patient is afflicted with an incurable disease, such as certain types of cancer, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's diseases."

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