My view regarding physician assisted suicide is that as long as a person is deemed competent, he or she should be allowed to determine if they would like to end their life. ... 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. ... Self inflicted suicide runs along the same lines of physician assisted suicide, but it is not considered to be a criminal offence. Although my argument is for the legalization of Physician Assisted suicide, I do agree that physician assisted suicides should only be all...

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What is physician-assisted suicide? ... Some people, however, are opposed to legalizing physician-assisted suicide. One might object that legalizing physician-assisted suicide would be going against the tradition of medicine. ... As I have shown in this essay, nothing bad can come out of allowing physician-assisted suicide to be done. ... Therefore, although it has been argued that legalizing doctor-assisted suicide violates the tradition of medicine, it is suggested that the legalization of physician-assisted suicide will greatly improve the current medical environment for dying patients. ...

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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. ... Those who argue against assisted suicide typically do so as a result of their religious beliefs. ... It would not be safe to assume, though, that anyone who is not religious believes in physician-assisted suicide. ... Another area of disagreement concerning physician-assisted suicide is the constitutionality of it. ... Opponents of assisted suicide do not merely suggest that it be outlawed, but they provide alternatives. ...

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Most religions strictly forbid any form of suicide. ... An individual who commits suicide is committing sin. ... Allowing active euthanasia, or doctor assisted suicides, could eventually lead to abuses. ... Any doctor who assists a patient in killing himself is commiting a criminal offense. ... Laws in the United States constitution state that when a person assists another in killing, it is an act of homicide. ...

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This is called PAS or "Physician Assisted Suicide." ... People have many different reasons for wanting to commit suicide. ... To them suicide maybe a permanent solution to a temporary problem. ... Suicide is not a preferred solution. ... Suicide is sin. ...

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She presented a fifty thousand strong petition at Downing Street in support of the right to commit assisted suicide. ... The people who want euthanasia but are not legally able to, might commit suicide which would be more difficult for family members to see their loved ones die in such a cruel and nasty way. ... At present euthanasia is illegal therefore this makes a patient's choice of suicide more difficult and may affect them emotionally but they may feel they have no other option as the pain is unbearable. ... The everyday man would not, for example, simply ignore a man standing o...

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