Euthanasia, is one of the most controversial issues of our time. ... It is strongly believed that physicians can play a positive role in the active euthanasia of mentally competent, terminally ill people who request assistance in ending their own lives. ... People believe in the value of life but it is not clear that all life has value no matter what. People believe that suffering should be reduced, but sometimes that means shortening life. People also believe that patients' wishes should be respected, but that seems not always best for the patients. ...

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As scary as it may seem, the reality is that euthanasia is an escape for terminally ill patients, children, Alzheimer's, and other rare cases alike. ... As an advocate for assisted suicide, I believe she would understand where Dr. ... This is why anti-Euthanasia advocates feel strongly about the subject: there are people abusing their right to practice medicine in order to be God. ... Kevin Fitzpatrick, an anti-euthanasia advocate, "Killing someone by lethal injection is not an act of medicine: it comes when medicine apparently has nothing left to offer.... They seem to feel that chi...

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Is euthanasia against the patient's moral values or not? ... Issues could arise regarding the affordability, advance directives, euthanasia; organ donations, or new drugs that haven't been approved by the FDA to date. ... After being raped when in your child bearing years and you decide to abort the pregnancy, does your physician believe in abortions? ... Euthanasia is a divisive topic. ... Euthanasia is a personal decision that has to be made in agonizing times. ...

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I believe that physician assisted suicide is actually helping the incurable patients and their family, so it should be legalized not only in the 5 states of America, but rest of the states. ... I personally believe that there is no point of living without happiness with deadly pain. ... What if we don't allow them euthanasia? ... Therefore, we should listen to them carefully, and believe what they say; "I need a death pill, and let me finish my life. ... Netherland is the one of the countries that has legalized euthanasia, and there is a similar law system to Oregon (Berghm...

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James Rachels felr that by just picking to let die and not play an active role in using euthanasia you are prolonging the suffering which goes against the idea of the humanity in which we are arguing over in the first place. ... Rachels attacks the idea that when a doctor performs euthanasia he does something and when he refuses treatment he does not. ... If a patient wants euthanasia then he is giving a valid authorization and it is no longer killing but letting die. ... It is what the patient wants and believes would be the best for himself, much to do with a value with his or her own li...

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It is crucial that the issue of advance directives and the issue of euthanasia not be confused. ... Euthanasia is largely illegal. ... For example, the advance directive may suggest one course of care, while the physician and/or family believe the patient would in fact have wanted something else. ... Some believe that discussing advance directives upon admission to a health care facility is yet another factor. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate