Medical Ethics
Medical Ethics | Physicians Should Not Be Permitted to Assist in Suicide
Of all public controversies in recent years, assisted suicide perhaps is the one surrounded by the greatest degree of misunderstanding. For example, one often hears it referred to as the “right to die.” Yet assisted suicide has nothing to do with letting someone die. Neither the law nor medical ethics requires that a person be kept alive by being subjected to unwanted medical treatment.
Furthermore, the debate isn’t about the tragic, personal act of suicide, nor is it about attempted suicide. Neither suicide nor attempted suicide is considered a criminal act. Instead, the...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Should Physicians Ever Hasten Patients’ Deaths?
- Prolonging Life and Death: An Overview
- Physicians Should Not Provide Futile Treatment
- Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Consistent with Medical Ethics
- Physicians Should Be Permitted to Assist in Suicide
- Physicians Should Not Withhold Lifesaving Treatments
- Physician-Assisted Suicide Violates Medical Ethics
- Physicians Should Not Be Permitted to Assist in Suicide
- Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Consistent with Medical Ethics
- Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Consistent with Medical Ethics
- Chapter 2: What Ethics Should Guide Organ Transplants?
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Chapter 3: Are Reproductive Technologies Ethical?
- Reproductive Technologies: An Overview
- Reproductive Technologies Are a Valid Medical Treatment
- Reproductive Technologies Can Be Consistent with Christian Beliefs
- Multiple Births Are an Acceptable Consequence of Assisted Reproduction
- Cloning Can Be an Acceptable Means of Reproduction
- Reproductive Technologies Are Morally Problematic
- Some Reproductive Technologies Violate Christian Beliefs
- Multiple Births Are a Harmful Consequence of Assisted Reproduction
- Cloning Is Not an Acceptable Means of Reproduction
- Chapter 4: What Ethics Should Guide Biomedical Research?
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