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Assisted Suicide
Summary: Essay provides a discussion of the extremely controversial topic of assisted suicide, which was made famous by Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
The purpose of this research paper is to examine the many different angles of a controversial topic such as physician assisted suicide or euthanasia. Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is when a person kills him or herself and the doctor supplies the means knowing what the intention is. The doctor prescribes a medication to their patient in lethal doses. This allows the patient to choose when they want to die. They can take the pills at home with friends and family present if they wish or they could peacefully go alone. Euthanasia is lethal injection by a physician. PAS is currently illegal in the United States of America with the exception of one state, Oregon. Euthanasia is illegal in the entire United States. Throughout the rest of the world, The Netherlands is the only country that supports PAS. This is a question of morals and allowing people to do...
This section contains 1,263 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |