Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing or assisted suicide, is a very controversial debate in the world today. ... Although euthanasia is legal in some parts of the world, most are against euthanasia. ... "Activists often claim that laws against euthanasia and assisted suicide are government mandated suffering. ... Laws against euthanasia and assisted suicide are in place to prevent abuse and to protect people from unscrupulous doctors and others. ... Doctors where euthanasia is legal sometimes performs non-voluntary euthanasia. ...

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Euthanasia in America Recent proposals to legalize Euthanasia in the United States have raised the question of whether or not physicians should be granted the power to intentionally end the lives of their patients. ... Allowing physician-assisted suicide will change the public's view on suicide entirely. ... It will also put doctors in a cost-interest position which will cause them to ask themselves -why spend so much money in treatment and other life-sustaining technologies when resorting to physician-assisted suicide would be much cheaper. ... Another flaw of Euthanasia lies in th...

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He took his belief to action as he assisted the suicide process of a patient, who was suffering from Alzheimer; having exhausted any means of cure; willing to end her life before she met the late stage of the disease (Kevorkian). ... However, it also holds true that euthanasia is not simply a question of ending someone's life. ... Therefore euthanasia is the morally right thing to do. ... "A Case of Assisted Suicide" The Blair Reader. 4th ed. ... "The Ethics of Euthanasia" The Blair Reader. 4th ed. ...

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When the Oregon physician-assisted suicide statute became law, nurses opposed to suicide on moral grounds were concerned about their ability to exercise their professional autonomy without abandoning their patient. ... The association's White Paper on Assisted Suicide provides guidelines for ethically withdrawing from a case without abandoning the patient for nurses who do not want to be involved, as well as guidelines for nurses willing to care for the patient who is committing physician-assisted suicide.12 Although the principle of respect for autonomy is of major importance, other ...

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