Euthanasia or "Physician Assisted-Suicide" is "Suicide accomplished with the aid of another person, especially a physician.... "Euthanasia and assisted suicide should not be considered acceptable responses. ... The Salvation Army believes, therefore, that euthanasia and assisted suicide should be illegal" (Salvation Army). ... Ultimately euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide has too high of a risk of abuse to effectively help terminally ill patients. ... Through physician-assisted suicide an ill and dying patient may have the choice of a comfortable death in thei...

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Allowing physician-assisted suicide will change the public's view on suicide entirely. Society will begin to look at suicide as a good rather than bad, humane rather than inhumane, legal rather than illegal. 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. ... Many times the doctor might not pursue treatment so valiantly and look towards physician-assisted suicide as an alternative. Euthanasia u...

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This procedure differs from physician-assisted suicide, where the patient performs the last act. ... Thus we are left with physician-assisted suicide and the four types of euthanasia, which as described above are: active voluntary euthanasia, active involuntary euthanasia, passive voluntary euthanasia, and passive involuntary euthanasia (Baird 10-11). Physician assisted suicide, which currently legal only in the state of Oregon and the country of Holland, assumes the victim as performing the final act of the suicide that would not have been possible without the assistance of a doctor (Eutha...

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This can be further explained by this quote, appearing in the same article: Other, more carefully designed questions can elicit majority support for physician assisted suicide and euthanasia, but only when patients are described as terminally ill AND experiencing unremitting physical pain. Support dwindles when the public is asked about physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in virtually any other situation. Two thirds of Americans oppose physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia when a terminally ill patient has no pain but wants to die because of concern about being a burden to his or h...

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Additionally, studies support that the stress of attempting to adapt to two dissimilar cultures has significant impact on overall mental health, drug abuse, suicide rates, and eating disorders. ... The report lists problems such as developmental disabilities, alcohol and substance abuse, depression, suicide, truancy, etc. as high priority areas. ...

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