Therefore, euthanasia should be made legal in the United States. ... Many religious groups also consider it an act of suicide or murder, which is looked down upon in the eyes of God. ... But the fact is Oregon's assisted suicide law does not allow anyone to "coerce" or use influence to obtain a request for assisted suicide. ... In other parts of the world where euthanasia is still practiced, also feel very strongly: 76% in Canada, 80% in Britain, and 92% in the Netherlands feel euthanasia is a moral practice. ... Euthanasia is not as unethical as most may think. ...

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In the article "Assisted Suicide,"" Kate Picket argues the idea of doctor assisted suicide. ... One might conclude that the law about doctor assisted suicide should be abolished (Assisted Suicide"). ... Torre suggests that Euthanasia, assisted suicide, carries a negative connotation and is assumed to be murder. However, she indicated that euthanasia is putting someone to death in a painless manner. ... In "Doctor Assisted Suicide,"" Sid Bernstein argues that doctor assisted suicide should be a viable option. ...

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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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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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Euthanasia, is one of the most controversial issues of our time. ... So long as the right to die means not prolonging the life by undesireable treatment, it may be classified as rational suicide. The term "euthanasia" means "good health" or "well dying"; it is derived from the Greek "eu" and "thanatos". ... In Greek literature, euthanasia connoted a "happy death, an ideal and coveted end to a full and pleasant life." ... Historical evidence, however, indicates that it was "common practice for Grecian and Roman physicians to assist in suicide". ...

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What is euthanasia? ... An argument people have used against euthanasia is that the Constitution, guarantees the right to life, but not the right to death. ... Another part of the Constitution, opponents argue is that attempted suicide is a crime, so how can euthanasia be legal? ... People who commit suicide are merely depressed and think their life cannot get any better. ... Also, sixty-eight percent thought that guidelines for withholding or withdrawing treatment should be established and forty-five percent were in favor of legislation of active euthanasia under certain circumstances...

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What we first must understand in order to answer that question is what euthanasia or "mercy killing" is. Nursing World describes euthanasia as "the act of putting to death someone suffering from a painful and prolonged illness or injury" ("Active Euthanasia" para 2). ... An article called, "Suicide Facts, Assisted Suicides Euthanasia and Terminal Illness", by Geo Stone, tells that "In the United States, treatment-refusal is the only legally-protected method for choosing death", only after the patients have been determined legally competent (Stone para 32). ... Are there more healthcare prof...

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Glucksberg were decided as the prohibition against assisting suicide was not unconstitutional. ... Whereas with physician assisted suicide the physician is taking an active roll in giving a patient a lethal drug to quicken the process so that the end result of death may be quicker. ... It is also a very used practice to give terminally ill patients medication that will ease pain while hastening death it seems that you are assisting in suicide of that patient and some people would say you are killing them. ... If a patient wants euthanasia then he is giving a valid authorization and it ...

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