In New Jersey 1975, 21-year-old Karen Quinlan was hospitalized for drug overdose. ... In the Christian faith, the practice of euthanasia is generally believed to be wrong and outright unnecessary. ... Similarly, those who follow the Buddhist and Hindu religions believe in the idea of life-preservation through ahimsa (non-violence) and the period of nirvana (paradise). ... Some physicians believe that in certain circumstances, euthanasia is permissible as long as it is performed under certain law-binding situations. ... Physicians need to recognize the dangers of medical technique: drugs ca...

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Whereas with physician assisted suicide the physician is taking an active roll in giving a patient a lethal drug to quicken the process so that the end result of death may be quicker. ... Some people see it as no difference between "pulling the plug" as they do in giving lethal drugs to a patient where as the intended end result is death. ... Brock is confusing causality and culpability if someone refuses life-sustaining treatment it is the disease that kills, but when they take a lethal drug it is the drug and not to disease that ultimately kills them. ... It is just as cor...

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Groups of Americans believe because we are free, we should be allowed to make the choice of what we do with our bodies and lives. ... These acts show we believe and need to remember this by letting God make the final decision on life's end. ... Psychotherapy, Electro-convulsive shock therapy, and psychoactive drugs when used properly are very effective in treatment. ... When taking medication that has a chemical substance, which alters perceptions and moods in the patient, is psychoactive drug therapy. The type of drug administered will be determined by what the doctor of the patient has ...

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Physician-assisted suicide is "when a doctor intentionally helps a person to commit suicide by providing drugs for self-administration, at that person's voluntary and competent request" (p12) Euthanasia, which means "easy death" in Greek, is "when a doctor intentionally kills a person by administering drugs" (p11). ... As more public attention is given to people choosing physician-assisted suicide as an option, "a Gallup poll conducted last May showed that nearly seven in 10 Americans believe physicians should be able to 'legally end a patient...

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P.A.D. involves a second party, actually a doctor, who gives the patient drugs and instructs the person planning to take his or her own life. With euthanasia, it is a doctor who administers the lethal drug dose. ... If religious leaders believe and practice euthanasia why can our legislatures realize the benefits of legalizing euthanasia. ... "We believe that, in the final moments of living, and those for whom we care are being drawn into the dying of Christ (5)." ... You have to put aside all your religious beliefs, all your moral beliefs and everything else you were raised to believe. ...

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For example, many people feel that it is completely immoral and vile because they believe that everyone should die naturally. Also, people who are religious also believe that a person should not be able to decide when they are to leave this world. ... There was something implemented, however that was meant to prohibit doctors from giving a deadly drug to anyone, even if the patient asked for it. ... Despite these efforts, few ancient Greek or Roman physicians followed the oath faithfully and they often gave their patients requested drugs that would end their lives. ... Indeed, voluntary euthan...

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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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We believe that the right of women to control their own fertility is a fundamental human right. ... Euthanasia, at the moment is illegal throughout the world apart from in the State of Oregon in USA, where there is a law specifically allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs for the purpose of euthanasia. ... Opinion: I believe that everyone has the right to choose how he or she lives and dies. ... Some of the pain caused by terminal illness cannot be controlled, even with the strongest of drugs and best of care. ... For people such as this and also for people in PVS, (persistent vegetative ...

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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. ... Therefore, we should listen to them carefully, and believe what they say; "I need a death pill, and let me finish my life. ...

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Now with the advancement in pain relieving drugs many agree that we should medicate to alleviate the pain instead of opting for death. ... Walter Sacket, a medical doctor who was elected as a Florida State Representative, believes that the advances in medicine and technology are costly and inhumane (Ekland-Olson & Aseltine 19). ... " Through his own experience he believed that the advances in medicine in many cases inhumanely prolonged suffering and life, (Ekland-Olson & Aseltine 21). ... Many believe that there is a moral dilemma, but prolonging someone's life goes against the ac...

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The cost of life-sustaining drugs alone can be staggering. ... Also, religion maybe a factor, for example, Catholics do not believe in assisted suicide. ... New drugs and extensive research have transformed the disease and people are living longer. ...

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I do not believe this to be true. ... She believes that, "Instead, most people do so because they fear burdening their families or becoming disabled or dependent" (Golden). ... On the other hand, some believe that they are rejecting the life that was given to them (ProCon). ... Kevorkian used a method of assisted suicide known as the "mercy machine" which intravenously gave a lethal dose of a drug to the patient (Assisted Suicide). ... So overall, I believe that Golden needs to back up her claim with some more strong evidence. ...

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Perhaps the strongest belief that euthanasia is wrong comes from those who follow the words of the Bible and believe that every aspect of life belongs to God. ... Those who believe in the Bible clearly see here that, whether a monarch or a common person, mercy killing is perceived as iniquitous in the Lord's eyes. ... Zylicz explained to the woman that he could lessen her pain with drugs, and offered her a hospital room. ... Although it is widely believed that euthanasia is wrong under any conditions due to religion, many people are not spiritually strong enough to handle a terminal illne...

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PAS is different from euthanasia in that while the former advises patients to take drugs that could induce death upon a thoroughly enlightening them, the latter, of course after the patient making the decision, helps them in inducing death as Hazel Biggs puts it (p.41) narrates. ... Assisted suicide enthusiastic people believe this is a liberty that the terminally ill individual or any other person wishing to die cannot be denied, as this might be the sick individuals may with as a way of pursuing happiness in their last breath (Biggs). ... Most religions believe the last journey of an individ...

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The organization believed in "the putting to death of the non-volunteers beyond the hope of medical science." ... Such is the case of prohibition; alcohol was a drug that could be made in your bathtub and for a very inexpensive price. ...

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UNDERSTANDING BASIC HUMAN NEEDS In order to function properly we all need a well balanced diet with the proper nutrients with plenty of water to keep the body and organs properly functioning, also plenty of sleep which depends on the age, we also need to exercise to keep the body in shape, along with keeping the body free from drugs and alcohol which can cause the body to not function to its best. ... I believe more in the science. ... Some people believe more of one thing then the other and that's when problems occur. ...

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They believed in great pain a person has a right to choose an earlier death. ... They believed that one can terminate life whenever he or she wants to. ... Pain can be reduced by the repeated use of narcotics and sedative drugs but often at the cost of nausea, constipation deterioration of the personality, and other distressing side effects. ... In support of their argument, supporters of Euthanasia believe that under strict legal precautions, doctors should be allowed to practice euthanasia. ... People against euthanasia believe that doctors do not always correctly estimate a patient's...

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Many believe and feel that suicide is the ultimate mortal sin, and anyone who succeeds in it, will go straight to hell, with no hope of a reprieve. ... He also causes the death of the people inside, and if we believe what is generally preached to us, he sends all these people straight down to Hell. ... maintains that if death is caused because of the cumulative effect of drugs administered to relieve pain, then it is not euthanasia and is morally permissible asdeath is in no way intended or sought, even if the risk of it is reasonably taken.? ... Religion tells people what to believe in, bu...

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After talking with the Doctor and the patient's family the board agreed that the decision to take an overdose of prescribed drugs was "ultimately a decision left to the patient." ... Polls taken between the years of 1989-1990 found that 5-7 Americans of every 10 believe that the terminally ill should be able to die with the doctor's assistance legally. ... Medical professionals believed Jane had much quality life left in her. ... If medicine did not advance, many patients would not believe to request it. ...

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But you will recover if you believe you will recover. ... And when I put the scarf around the children's necks and tighten it until I have eased their pain, I am overcome with an even simpler wish for spare bullets or drugs to make it quicker, and I have to mentally close my ears to the drumming of their little feet and shut my nose to the smell of their defecation, but I know that this is the best way, a warm meal, a moment of hope, a quick, dark surrender, the only mercy available to them, and when I take the scarf from their sad, little necks and lay them aside, I think again of the ol...

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The fact that active is better than passive euthanasia may not label passive euthanasia to be immoral, but I believe that it clearly rules out passive euthanasia as an acceptable method of providing euthanasia. ... An example of this is a doctor who prescribes a fatal dosage of a drug to a person for the sole purpose of committing suicide. ...

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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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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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