Euthanasia
Euthanasia | Assisted Suicide is an Ethically Acceptable Practice for Physicians
In the following viewpoint, Kenneth Cauthen argues that the duty of physicians is to do what is best for their patients, even if that means granting a request for physician-assisted suicide. Cauthen contends that in cases of extreme suffering, and when the patient requests it, assisted suicide is an act of compassion and benevolence. Kenneth Cauthen is a retired professor of theology and a Baptist minister as well as the author of several books, including The Ethics of Assisted Death:When Life Becomes a Burden Too Hard to Bear, from which the following viewpoint is adapted.
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- Introduction
- Table of Contents
- Should Voluntary Euthanasia Be Legalized?
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Would Legalizing Euthanasia Lead to Involuntary Killing?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Legalizing Euthanasia Would Lead to Involuntary Killing
- Legalizing Voluntary Euthanasia Would Threaten the Disabled
- Legalizing Voluntary Euthanasia Would not Threaten the Disabled
- Safegurads Cannot Prevent Abuse of Legalized Euthanasia
- Safeguards Can Prevent Abuse of Legalized Euthanasia
- Periodical Bibliography
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Should Physicians Assist in Suicide?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Assisted Suicide is an Ethically Acceptable Practice for Physicians
- Assisted Suicide is not an Ethically Acceptable Practice for Physicians
- Physicians Should be Legally Permitted to Assist in Suicide
- Physicians Should not be Legally Permitted to Assist in Suicide
- Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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