Physician-Assisted Suicide

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This paper discusses the highly controversial topic of physician-assisted suicide. The paper examines the arguments for and against the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. The ethical concerns of euthanasia are presented and the writer's personal opinions are offered. The paper explores the way physician-assisted suicide works in Oregon, the only state that has legalized the act. Various court rulings on the topic are described in the paper.

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"Physician assisted suicide has become a hot topic of late and many people think it is about these physicians becoming killers. This is not true, however, despite the opinions that many hold. The main problem is that many feel that physician assisted suicide will give doctors too much control over the deaths of their terminally ill patients. This is not the case, however, as physician assisted suicide will actually give the terminally ill patients more control over their death, and therefore by extension, more control over their life. Not all physicians would be able to do this in good conscience but there are some, most notably Dr. Jack Kevorkian, that feel that they are capable of this type of practice in order to help the suffering of their patients."

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