What is more, they consider assisted suicide, as euthanasia is often called, to be the reflection of the patients' autonomy. ... I do not think causing suffocation with a plastic bag, which is one of the methods the supporters of assisted suicide use, is the way in which people would like to die. In addition, euthanasia activists exploit the natural fear people have of suffering and dying, and often imply that when cure is no longer likely, there are only two alternatives left, assisted suicide or unbearable pain. ... What is more, assisted suicide violates historically accepted codes of ...

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There are many other terms that are vaguely related such as: Voluntary & non-voluntary euthanasia, Active & passive euthanasia & physician assisted suicide. ... Physician assisted suicide: a physician supplies information or means that help patients to kill themselves. ... Killing yourself is not a crime in most parts of the world because when u commit suicide u die so it will be hard to punish a dead person. ... The slippery slope argument is all about slipping from voluntary euthanasia to non voluntary euthanasia. ... I am sure that here in egypt our society would never agree to applying...

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This is referred to as assisted suicide, a physician providing an ill, yet competent person with medication to aid in committing suicide. Assisted suicide, often referred to as euthanasia, is an important issue to discuss because there have not yet been any laws passed either allowing or forbidding it due to the fact that there is no majority opinion concerning the issue. ... Those who argue against assisted suicide typically do so as a result of their religious beliefs. ... Another area of disagreement concerning physician-assisted suicide is the constitutionality of it. ... Opponents of assi...

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It is my strong opinion that Euthanasia should not be legalized because it undermines the dispositions we require in doctors and is therefore destructive of the practice of medicine, it is not our right to terminate life, and it would change society's view of suicide. ... 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 ...

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