Assisted suicide is also known as euthanasia, which is Greek for "good death." ... There are many different forms of euthanasia and assisted suicide. ... Basically, this form of euthanasia is simply suicide. ... Euthanasia is also known as justifiable suicide. ... Some cases of assisted suicide go undetected by the doctors of the patients. ...
Assisted Suicide; Who Has the Right to Choose? Euthanasia or assisted suicide is a very sensitive and debatable topic in today's society. ... Doctors tend to have mixed emotions concerning assisted suicide. ... Oregon is the only state in America that allows assisted suicide. ... I think assisted suicide or passive euthanasia should be made legal. ...
He had publicly acknowledged that he had helped at least 130 people die by assisted suicide. On three previous occasions when charged with 'assisted suicide' the juries refused to convict Kevorkian against the weight of evidence. ... Suicide attempt will usually pass with time. ... If they had been "assisted" in their attempts they would never have had that chance. ... A person who seeks to kill him or herself to avoid pain does not need legalized assisted suicide but a doctor better trained in alleviating pain. ...
Doctor assisted death makes it too easy to just end life, and society is letting suicide set the precedent for accepting an attitude that devalues human life. ... The protection of innocent life and opposition to abortion, murder, suicide and euthanasia pertains to the common good of society. ... Many believe Oregon made a grave mistake by legalizing assisted euthanasia. Even in the previous presidential election candidate Ralph Nader for the Green party, The Right to Live 5 who being supported by many pro- euthanasia supporters of Oregon's assisted suicide aw, quoted, "It...
People can see that smoking kills but they fail to see that smoking is a slow suicide. ... Euthanasia is a form of suicide that is not yet legal worldwide because of how controversial it is in today's society. Euthanasia is an act of assisting a patient by lethal injection or with a cocktail of barbiturates. ... A lot of people may think that legalizing euthanasia or having a right to die law in place would open a gate to suicide-happy citizens. ... Doctors have the patients' best interests in mind when they decide to assist them in ending their life. ...
The film focuses on the life and work of physician-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, who advocated the idea of doctor-assisted suicide. ... Jack Kevorkian tackled one of the most controversial issues in the 1990's, if not still to this day, regarding euthanasia and the rights a terminally ill person has to end their life with assisted suicide. ... " Kevorkian morally believes assisted suicide is right, at one point in the movie he states that the practice of taking people off life support is brutal and inhumane: "They cut off their feeding and their water. ... Because Kevorki...
For the last couple of years other countries have started to introduce euthanasia or "physician assisted suicide" (PAS) into our society. ... Jack Kevorkian who was first responsible for PAS and introducing euthanasia to society. ... Although the difference of opinion on physician-assisted suicide between religious and non-religious Americans may lie in the fact that this is part of a larger issue concerning the right to die (Gallup 2). ... The Netherlands became the first country to legalize euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide; an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 lives end that way there each ...
