Euthanasia
Euthanasia | Physicians Should not be Legally Permitted to Assist in Suicide
In the following viewpoint, Leon Kass and Nelson Lund contend that ethical and legal prohibitions on physician-assisted suicide (PAS) are the best way to ensure that physicians do not abuse the practice. Kass and Lund argue that the Hippocratic Oath, which they believe forbids PAS, serves as an important reminder to physicians of the power they have over their patients. In the authors’ view, legalizing PAS, and abandoning the Hippocratic Oath, would weaken the guidelines that help doctors separate their personal judgments from what is best for their patients. Leon Kass is a physician...
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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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