Euthanasia
Euthanasia | Hospice Care can make Assisted Suicide Unnecessary
In the following viewpoint, Joe Loconte contends that hospice care, not assisted suicide, is the best solution to people’s fears about dying a prolonged, painful death. Despite claims to the contrary, writes Loconte, most dying patients’ suffering can be controlled, but often is not because doctors are undertrained in end-of-life care. In the author’s opinion, increasing the availability of hospice care would end the movement to legalize assisted suicide because it would assure people that they will receive attention and care throughout the dying process. Joe Loconte is deputy...
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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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