Abstract
This paper explains that doctor assisted suicide in the form of passive euthanasia should be legalized on the primary basis that human suffering should not be prolonged by medical science simply to extend physical life. The author stresses that terminally ill human beings have the inherent right to refuse medical treatment because they are the moral guardians of their own lives and the ultimate authority to be considered---not doctors, lawyers, insurance companies nor the government. The paper suggests that priorities have to be established in circumstances involving contending rights; in right-to-die issues, the highest priority should be the emotional, psychological and physical well-being of the person faced with inevitable death.

From the Paper
"This moral argument offered by opponents of doctor assisted suicide is of particular interest, for many of these groups explicitly assert that morality includes physical causality and moral culpability. It holds that active euthanasia establishes the physical causality of the physician, while passive euthanasia establishes the physical causality of the disease itself. In other words, in active and passive euthanasia the moral culpability remains the same, that is, it is in the hands of the physician. This is the due to the fact that the physician has the duty and the moral obligation to keep the patient alive. While these two separate worlds within the moral realm may cross in some places, it does not mean that they are one and the same, and this is one of the many reasons that the distinction should not be abolished."

Tags:doctors, causality, priorities, refuse, morality

Abstract
In this article, the writer notes that California once again has written a bill to legalize assisted suicides. The writer points out that the proposed law is modeled after the one that passed in Oregon, which in 2006 resulted in 46 residents, most of them suffering from cancer, killing themselves after their physician gave them a prescription for a lethal amount of drugs. The writer discusses whether such a law should become national. Given the Supreme Court's recent ruling and some of the studies that have been conducted, the writer argues that people should have the right to decide if they one to have an assisted suicide, but it is necessary for the patient to talk with more than one doctor when making the decision.

From the Paper
"The issue of assisted suicide became newsworthy in 1990 when Dr. Jack Kevorkian helped Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer's patient, take her life. He met Adkins in a Volkswagen van he had outfitted with a "suicide machine" consisting of three chemical solutions fed into an intravenous line needle. Dr. Kevorkian is not the only one who supports doctor assisted suicide. The Hemlock Society is a group committed to promoting the legalization of euthanasia. In 1994, Oregon passed the "Death with Dignity" act, which allows the terminally-ill to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications, expressly prescribed by a physician."

Tags:killing, drugs, terminally-ill, cancer

Abstract
Physician assisted suicide is a highly emotional and controversial issue. This paper discusses the difference between assisted suicide and euthanasia, looks at the pros and cons of assisted suicide, reviews existing Florida legislature and examines Dr. Jack Kevorkian's role in assisted suicide. The second half of the paper continues on a more humane note and discusses patients' right to self-determination, issues relating to sanctity of life, pain and suffering and comments on the doctor-patient relationship and potential areas of abuse.

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"Terminally ill patients know when the end is inevitable. They know when continued medical efforts are futile and many simply feel the cure that medical science is thrusting upon them is not worth the increased level of pain and discomfort they cause. When enough is truly enough, some patients will ask their physician to assist them in ending their life. Physician assisted suicide is a highly emotional and controversial issue that has significant ethical, religious and legal ramifications. This high-level paper will discuss physician assisted suicide, citing both pros and cons, examine Florida's legislature and look at the influence Dr. Jack Kevorkian played. The paper continues with a generalized discussion of patients' right to self-determination, issues relating to sanctity of life, pain and suffering and comments on the doctor-patient relationship and potential areas of abuse. While the number of pros and cons presented are equal the value that..."

Tags:euthanasia, assisted, suicide, physician

Abstract
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.

From the Paper
"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."

Tags:euthanasia, doctor, killing

Abstract
This paper examines the writer's opinion of the unethical practice of assisted suicide. The writer argues that there is too much risk to practicing assisted suicide because there might be a mistaken prognosis or other open issues. The writer fears that a society that condones mercy killings will eventually become a society that kills off its sick because it has become too much of a burden to care for them.

From the Paper
"Patients should naturally trust their doctors in the society we live in. This relationship might be compromised by assisted suicide. But more important is the relationship between patients and their families with assisted suicide as an option for them. Families might even advise the patient to consider assisted suicide because of financial reasons- it is not impossible. Euthanasia is very cheap compared to the complex procedures that are required to save someone and keep them living. Also the patient might accept assisted suicide because they feel guilty for being such a burden on their family. This might make them change their minds and decide that they want assisted suicide just because they do not want to continue to be a burden and feel less guilty. Thisdoes not mean that they really want to die."

Tags:euthansia, doctor, ethic, die, pride

Abstract
The paper argues against the practice of assisted suicide, which is now quite common in the United States. The paper discusses the issue from ethical as well as legal perspective and explains why the Court should never sanction this practice.

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"Assisted suicide is one of those burning issues, which give rise to ethical quandaries, not to mention extreme public fury. People are of the view that while we do have a right to live, we certainly do not have a right to bring an end to our own lives because the principle of dignity of human life doesn't permit such an action. However over the years, many complex cases in this connection have surfaced, some of which even reached the Supreme Court. It is important to understand that law in many states prohibits physician-assisted suicide even though this practice prevails in many hospitals nationwide. What a physician decides with his patient in the privacy of his clinic is something solely connected with the doctor's moral and ethical principles, however we need to bear in mind that court in many cases has reiterated its stand on the issue by strongly opposing all forms of physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients."

Tags:patient, terminally, ill, doctor, medicine, court, law, legal, physician, euthanasia, ethic

Abstract
This paper states that doctor's assisted suicides are controversial in several levels - legal, medical and ethical/moral.

Abstract
The paper looks at the arguments that oppose physician-assisted suicide (PAS) that argue that the physician as adviser in assisted suicide does not have enough information to understand the patient, there is a threat to violating Catholic principles and PAS causes a heavy burden on the conscience of the doctor. The paper then considers the arguments in favor of PAS that argue for the comforting effect the knowledge of PAS has on a terminally ill patient, the role of PAS in a democracy and the need for healthcare rationing. The paper asserts that understanding the total perspectives behind the arguments is vital in order to make an educated decision on this controversial issue.

From the Paper
"Research indicates that there are many issues which are not considered in the Assisted Suicide Issue, which typically invokes a knee jerk reaction due to the extreme polarity of the nature of the issue and the affect on public opinion. However, some areas such as the ramifications for physicians are often overlooked, as well as the extent the consequences of PAS. Consultation of current research reveals arguments and perspectives that are more complex regarding the issue in this day and age. Polarization of society is oversimplified along extreme lines regarding this issue, when a greater understanding of the assisted suicide issue is necessary and may sway a person whose perspective is likely oversimplified by media coverage in the age of the sound bite. The full ramifications of the issue must be understood in order to make an educated decision about such polarizing issues."

Tags:euthanasia, death, religion

Abstract
The paper discusses several reasons against assisted suicide, including how families of the patient lose the time to grieve with the patient, how the family may have to deal with feelings of guilt and how the patient forgoes even the slightest chance of recovery. The paper points out the difference between letting someone die and causing death and explains how assisted suicide generally does not stand up to the ethical beliefs of Kant and Mill. The paper concludes with the strong contention that killing people is wrong, and it is not something doctors or society should engage in.

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"Mankind has always felt the need to control its own destiny, on both the societal and the individual level. Human beings, perhaps more than any other species, are driven to obtain the knowledge, skills, and status that enable the longest, fullest, and healthiest life possible in most situations. This has developed as an evolutionary imperative; without the desire and increased ability to survive, the human species--and any other species so poorly suited to a world of danger and scarcity--would long since have completely died out and therefore ceased to exist.
"Suicide, whether it is assisted or not, flies in the face of millions of years of evolutionary progress, and it makes even less sense for a society to actively condone such an act than it does for an individual to commit it. We must continue to grow, adapt, and evolve as a species, and letting ourselves be killed off--even choosing death--will not help our species to achieve this end, but rather serves as a detriment to those close to the suicide and humanity as a whole."

Tags:physician, morality, ethics, Kant, Mill, grief, quality, of, life

From the Paper
" PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
Introduction
Physician-assisted suicide currently exists in spite of it's unsanctioned status. Requests for assisted suicide and euthanasia are made and doctors comply. The debate for and against assisted suicide includes ethical and legal aspects, and perceived rights and duties of the doctor, nurse, and patient. Additionally, conflict involves moral, political, social, cultural, economic, and practical administrative issues. Relevant ethical theories help participants arrive at individual conclusions.
Ethical & Legal Aspects; Rights & Duties
Studies show that patient requests for physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia are common. Back, Wallace, Starks, and.."