1. Marilyn Webb extols the benefits of hospice, arguing that hospice care attends to the largely ignored psychological and spiritual needs of terminally ill patients. Felicia Ackerman, on the other hand, criticizes the hospice movement for promoting principles that may be unacceptable to some terminally ill people. In your opinion, do the potential benefits of hospice outweigh its possible drawbacks? Why or why not? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
2. Faye Girsh advocates the legalization of physician-assisted suicide. In her viewpoint, she discusses the case of a terminal cancer patient who contacted the Hemlock Society to help her find a physician to supply her with a lethal dose, even though assisted suicide was illegal in her state. In your opinion, was it ethical for the Hemlock Society to provide such information to this patient? Why or why not?
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