Euthanasia
Euthanasia | Legalizing Voluntary Euthanasia Would Threaten the Disabled
In the following viewpoint, Diane Coleman maintains that voluntary euthanasia should not be legalized because it would violate the civil rights of disabled persons. According to Coleman, the majority of people whom Jack Kevorkian has helped commit suicide have been disabled, not terminally ill. She charges that Kevorkian’s ability to avoid prosecution and to garner media attention for his activities reveals people’s tendency to devalue the lives of the disabled. The author contends that if assisted suicide were legalized, it would mostly be offered to, or even forced upon, the...
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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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