Depression may be related to side effects of drugs (Casey, 1994). ... Drugs can be misused in a number of ways: polypharmacy, excessive use, or under dosage, for example, which causes ill effects leading to depression. ... They may also choose suicide so as not to financially burden their love ones with the expensive drugs and treatment needed to maintain their physical well-being (Devons, 1996). ... Even if the depression is recognized by a doctor they are often concerned with prescribing antidepressants and adding it to their already seemingly endless supply of drugs (Leo, 2001). . ...

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It would not be safe to assume, though, that anyone who is not religious believes in physician-assisted suicide. Many people, regardless of religious standing, feel it is unethical for a licensed doctor to be administering such drugs with the intention of ending a life. ...

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Legislature could regulate physician assisted suicide by putting forth consequences when the system is abused, like those laws in regards to using & selling drugs, abusing alcohol, illegal abortions and any other behavior that is not within the norms of society. ... I believe that Physician Assisted Suicide is also a rational and ethical decision for those who choose to die in order to avoid unbearable suffering. ...

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This relief came at a high price; the drug-induced coma made it impossible to move a muscle in her body. ... On the other hand, Plato's student Aristotle believed that there was no justifiable reason to commit suicide. ... The opposition believes that no matter what the reason, suicide is morally wrong. ... Most societies throughout time have felt suicide is ethically wrong, however, some societies such as the Vikings believed that to die during battle or committing suicide would forever earn you a place of honor in the after-life paradise of Valhalla. ... Jack Kevorkian, a retired patho...

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In contrast, there have been other physicians who believe strongly in "mercy killings," which is what is meant by the term physician assisted suicide, today. Although not all physicians agreed with the various constraints of the Hippocratic Oath, as time progressed, the followers of many religious sects, including Jewish, Catholics, Christians, and even Muslims believed the oath and supported it. These physicians who generally refused to assist suicide because they believed that those acts were morally wrong and that such actions an inappropriate practice and that in their religion b...

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The Salvation Army believes, therefore, that euthanasia and assisted suicide should be illegal" (Salvation Army). Double Effect is, "a term used to differentiate morally between the ethical intentions of those who administer drugs for the purpose of relieving symptoms and those who administer them with the intention of killing the patient" (Euthanasia Free-NZ). ...

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Overwhelmed with feelings of grief at the loss of his mother, the only sexual partner he desires, Victor believes he will be able to "pour a torrent of light into our dark world" (58). ... Laudanum was a wildly popular drug during the Victorian era. ... Victor's use of laudanum was, as any other elicit drug, an escape from life, repressing feelings and emotions that he was unable to reconcile in his conscious mind. ...

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However, Kevorkian's Michigan medical license was revoked, making it impossible for his to obtain the drugs necessary for his suicide machine. ... They believed he was too obsessed for him "to try to set compassionate and safe guidelines for euthanasia in the future." ...

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Active euthanasia is when an individual performs an act that directly ends the patient's life, for example a drug overdose may have been imposed in an act of active euthanasia. ... Arguments made for euthanasia are from a utilitarian perspective where a utilitarian believes that humans should maximize happiness and minimize suffering. ...

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