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Essays 31 - 60
In six pages this essay presents and argument against Dr. Jack Kevorkian's practice of assisting terminally ill patients to commit...
In five pages this paper examines the growing and highly controversial issue of physician assisted suicide and the position of the...
In five pages the legalities involved in the issue of assisted suicide are examined from the perspectives of the Canada, the Nethe...
on this journey is Michael Betzold, author of Appointment With Dr. Death, in which he rivets our attention to Dr. Kevorkian as he ...
way, before his mind too, was gone." As a nurse, this presented me with what I felt were two conflicting goals. On the one hand, ...
their religious convictions. While that is an extreme illustration, behavior as expressed by particular groups does impact their o...
In five pages this paper examines different perspectives on this issue in order to determine whether or not the practice of assist...
In a paper consisting of five pages the laws regarding euthanasia particularly as they pertain to the Northern Territory passage o...
In eight pages this paper considers 'right to die' issues of public policy and includes group and elite theories as well as increm...
particularly when a known controversial figure assisted the act? What happened was that Thomas Youk was given a lethal injectio...
of the term does the taking of a life, or the assistance to take ones own life, fall under the definition in anyones dictionary of...
The pros and cons of assisted suicide and euthanasia are considered using the case studies of Oregon's 'Death With Dignity Act' an...
forced nutrition, and hydration. Such treatments cannot reverse a patients underlying medical problem and refusing such treatments...
1997, p. 4) in any persons life. To be sure, this is one of the "most compelling arguments" (Kowalski, 1996, p. 45) that supports...
In five pages theological views on euthanasia and assisted suicide are examined in a conclusion that religion and not law should e...
with introducing Ida Rollin to the reader. She was a remarkable woman. A "people" person, Ida "adopted" people. Rollin explains ho...
This single, historic decision brought forth a great many opportunities for each state to recognize the importance of allowing peo...
is the same condition that essentially puts them in an ethical position to make this choice. The integration of Kants perspective...
problems arise when the individual is physically unable to bring about their own demise and requires the assistance of someone els...
Filming his mothers death could be seen as a decision driven by profit motive. Broadcast of the event on television or on the Int...
from the medical professionals. Even his family agrees and begs for the professionals to withhold treatment. The doctor agrees. Bu...
himself, without mischief reaching at least to his near connexions, and often far beyond them"(Mills,9). John Stuart Mill seemed ...
he was not willing to create an entirely separate distinction for the law books. Instead, he opted to have each of the fifty stat...
Granted, the pain may subside temporarily, but the patient realizes that the relief does not lead to a permanent remission; rather...
in the last months of his life than he had been previously, and that was something he would have denied them, and himself, had the...
that declared physician-assisted suicide not to be an individuals constitutional right (Zanskas and Coduti 27). It was also in th...
that people have the right to make their own choices. One author asks in regard to the prolonging of human life: "Why is that be...
often, years of pain, suffering and despair (Paris, 1997). Patients like Karen Ann Quinlan were trapped by technology that could w...
better suited to the needs of many consumers, rather than only to those at the low end of the market (Christensen, Bohmer and Kena...
including Oregon, in order to secure the legal rights of the dying to seek out assistance in their death. While states like Orego...