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Outline for Presentation of Physician Assisted Suicide

Human Right to Die A. Patient Self Determination Act1. Basic Component of Human freedome- right to die2. Right to Decide one’s own destiny at the end of their life (www.rights.org/~deathnet/Humphry_essay.html)3. Personal Quality of life May be decreased by illness (www.rights.org/~deathnet/Humphry_essay.html) Physician Assisted Suicide will contribute to the emotional wellness of the individual. If a medical conditon is unwanted…the quality of life has been decreased Right to make decisions about one’s own medical treatment(www.efn.org/~ergo/wfn28.html)B. Dignity1. A person has the right to die with personal dignity(Issues and Controversies on File; September 1995) A personal choice that should be afforded to sick and dying patients One should be in Control of their own death Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia are means of ending any suffering due to Illness…that is not curable through medication Euthanasia and Physican Assisted Suicide facilitate a death and escape from such situations as being at the mercy of others.C. Personal Decision1. The Right to die is a personal and private decision The right to die is one of a personal nature The right to die is private….every person is entitiled to privacy Individuals have the right to die in the manner of their choosing should they be terminal or in uncontrollable pain and suffering. (www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjbasset/page5.htm) Suffering from pain, a person has the right to ask a doctor to end their life for them 39% of the population approves of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and his practiceof physician assisted suicide.  The Government has no right to intervene in a matter as private as one’s own death the government is neither directly or indirectly effected.  A living will, can legalize euthanasia or physician assisted suicide assuming that...

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