In Oregon there is an exception that allows terminally ill patients in intractable pain to get a lethal prescription from their physician. ... So again Euthanasia should only be legal for those who are terminally ill, are in intractable pain, with no cure. ... Should the state have the right to deny terminally ill patients in excruciating pain their wish of Euthanasia? ... Why would a persons rights be taken away if they are terminally ill or in intractable pain? ... In conclusion I feel that euthanasia should be legal to terminally ill patients and those in intractable pain. ...

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Terminal, with a few months left. ... These are just a few of several terminally ill diseases where someone who has been diagnosed might seek out "Physician Assisted Suicide". ... The law, approved by voters in 1994 and 1997, allows the terminally ill to request a lethal dose of drugs if two doctors confirm they have less than six months to live, and the patients are mentally competent to make the request. ... In the first year under the nation's only assisted-suicide law, 15 terminally ill people in Oregon used it to end their lives, and there was no evidence they suffered painful, lin...

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With all the progress that the medical profession has gained, people who are terminally ill have more options (such as advanced pain control, more access to proper health care, hospice facilities, etc.). ... Through the continued efforts of many, the terminally ill in some places have already been granted the right to choose when it is time to die. ... Even though many physicians would gain the expertise in understanding a patient's motivations for wanting to die, assessing their mental status, and diagnosing their level of depression, society runs the risk of having "the care we provid...

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Terminally ill people try to practice this right with medically assisted suicide but are unable to due to where they live. Although it may go against some moral codes, terminally ill citizens are still people of the government. ... Whether a person is terminally ill or not they still have their freedom of choice which is why I think giving the option of medically assisted death is only fair. ... It is more properly described as the right of mentally competent, terminally ill individuals to choose a death with dignity and without needless suffering. ... The patient must also have a terminal i...

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But how can someone assist a terminally ill person in taking their life and not risk going to jail for it? ... Should people who are terminally ill, go through pain and suffering, or should they have a choice? ... Doctors have been trying to help terminally ill patients who no longer wish to live (Emanuel 2). ... In the medical aspect, there have been many reports by terminally ill people complaining of severe pain. ... People must put themselves in the place of a terminally ill person. ...

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His aim was to help the hopeless patients who are terminally ill or suffering from debilitating pain to commit suicide effortlessly. ... 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. ... He says you are the servant of the patient. ... So I've got to do what the patient requires. ... The government should not have the right to a terminally ill person's life. ...

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I feel that Physician Assisted Suicide should be legal for terminally ill patients across the U.S. ... Brian states that he would starve himself to death because of his suffering and there has also been numerous reports of terminally ill patients committing suicide. ... Physician-Assisted Death can also help other people than the patient. ... A 44 year old female patient was suffering from locked-in syndrome after a brain stem vascular accident. ... The legalization of Euthanasia will not only help the patient but also help others around them. ...

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Euthanasia Today we struggle with the medical ethics on issues of life and death in a culture that denies the terminally and the infirm the right to maintain control over when to end their lives. ... A living will is a legal document addressed to a patients family and health care providers stating what type of treatment the patient wishes or does not wish to receive if he becomes terminally ill, unconscious, or permanently comatose (Mc Graw-Hill). ... He has admitted to extending help to 130 patients up to now (Naidu). ... The tape was of Kevorkian directly administering drugs to a patient wi...

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If you are sick or ill, it would be very hurt and painful. ... What if you get a terminal disease that cannot be cured, and diagnosed by doctors that you have only few months? ... They are ill, and weak. ... Also in Gill's article, he states that "It is not intrinsically wrong for someone with a terminal disease to kill herself. ... It stating that the patients must be over age 18 or older, the patients must be capable of making and communicating health-care decisions, patients must be suffering from a terminal disease that will lead to death within six months, etc (Barone). ...

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A lot of suicides are grouped in the rational category because they are committed so the person can be saved from the pain they may be experiencing from a terminal disease. ... So if terminally ill patients are the only ones who have a good rational reason to commit suicide, then where does that leave everyone else? ... The organization advocated active euthanasia, or aiding the death of a hopelessly ill individual."... Assisted suicide is where a patient that is terminally ill comes to a physician or even a friend or family member at times and asks them to help end their life. ... According t...

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All euthanasia patients were suffering from a chronic disease. ... Washington the Supreme Court found that the 14th amendment of the US constitution guarantees terminally ill competent adults a "liberty interest" in doctor-assisted suicide. ... This law was put into effect in 1994 and is the only standing law, in the US, that lets fatally ill people make decisions to pass on before their time. ... In the year 2000 21 terminally ill Oregon residents chose assisted dying. ...

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