However, death is not a pragmatic issue, and predetermining our own time of death is not our choice. ... This oath says: "I swear by Apollo the physician, Aesculapius, Health, All-heal and all the gods and goddesses, that, according to my ability and judgement, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents" (Hippocrates, 400 BC). ... I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel" (Hippocrates, 400 BC). ... Even in cases of brain death, euthanasia should not be an option. ... Death shou...

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One factor that leads to death is euthanasia or assisted suicide. ... Involuntary euthanasia is when the person killed does not give permission or is unable to give permission for people to end their life. ... This does not necessarily cause the patient's death. ... They give us the liberty to decide our job, our family, our religion, and even our sex preference. Why should they not give us the right to decide if we want to live or not? ...

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Webster's Dictionary defines euthanasia as a painless and easy death. ... However the issues that surround euthanasia are not only about death, they are about one's liberty, right to privacy, and control over one's own body. ... One of the most common types of passive euthanasia is giving a patient large doses of morphine to control pain. ... The Hippocratic Oath that doctors take states that, "I will not give poison to anyone, though asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a plan". ... The issue of physician assisted suicide was interesting to me because in 1992, my grandfather...

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I ask the state to devise some means to rid me of the horror of my life" (Patterson). ... Harris' right to die case, the Federal Commission enacted The Uniform Determination of Death Act in 1981 to define death legally. ... Definitions of Death The definition of death has fluctuated over the years. ... Since then, lawmakers have developed three more definitions of death: cardiopulmonary death, decerebrate brain death, and neocortical death. ... A living will gives the patient more control over his or her rights as a citizen and a proper procedure to use for the elimination of such devic...

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