Euthanasia
Euthanasia | Chapter 2 Preface
In March 1996, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Washington State’s law banning physician-assisted suicide (PAS) was unconstitutional. The court proclaimed that the Constitution protects the right of terminally ill patients to receive medications for the purpose of committing suicide. In April 1996, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals declared that a similar ban in New York State was also unconstitutional. These rulings were heralded as major victories by those within the right-to-die movement.
However, in early 1997 both the Washington and New York cases were...
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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
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