Euthanasia
Euthanasia | Physicians Should be Legally Permitted to Assist in Suicide
In the following viewpoint, excerpted from their book Freedom to Die: People, Politics, and the Right-to-Die Movement, Derek Humphry and Mary Clement argue that current prohibitions on physicianassisted suicide (PAS) force many doctors to break the law in order to help their terminally ill patients to die. Much of the opposition to legalizing PAS, say the authors, comes from organized medicine, particularly the American Medical Association. The authors believe the AMA’s position is grounded in a misguided interpretation of the Hippocratic Oath, which they contend is outdated....
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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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