However, most people breakdown euthanasia into three different distinctions: passive euthanasia, active euthanasia, and assisted suicide. ... Assisted suicide is similar to active euthanasia but the difference is that in assisted suicide, the patient alone performs the final death-inducing act. ... Although passive euthanasia is permitted, assisted suicide and active euthanasia are still illegal. ... Between 1990 and 1994, he performed 21 assisted suicides on chronic or terminally ill patients. ... Those that are opposed to euthanasia and feel that it is unethical think that if we allow active...

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Physician-assisted suicide should be a legal option for terminally ill patients. ... How widespread is assisted-suicide? ... There are some serious consequences to legalizing assisted suicides in this country. ... Constitution does not talk about physician-assisted suicide. ... A proponent of assisted-suicide and a controversial figure in the medical world is Dr. ...

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He had publicly acknowledged that he had helped at least 130 people die by assisted suicide. On three previous occasions when charged with 'assisted suicide' the juries refused to convict Kevorkian against the weight of evidence. ... Suicide attempt will usually pass with time. ... If they had been "assisted" in their attempts they would never have had that chance. ... A person who seeks to kill him or herself to avoid pain does not need legalized assisted suicide but a doctor better trained in alleviating pain. ...

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The film focuses on the life and work of physician-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, who advocated the idea of doctor-assisted suicide. ... Jack Kevorkian tackled one of the most controversial issues in the 1990's, if not still to this day, regarding euthanasia and the rights a terminally ill person has to end their life with assisted suicide. ... " Kevorkian morally believes assisted suicide is right, at one point in the movie he states that the practice of taking people off life support is brutal and inhumane: "They cut off their feeding and their water. ... Because Kevorki...

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