Doctor Assisted Suicide
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has always been a controversial topic. Ever since Dr. Jack Kevorkian was introduced to us in newspapers and on television, and long before that, people have been debating over whether or not physician assisted suicide, or “euthanasia” should be legal. Loosely defined euthanasia is mercy killin ....
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.... suffering when they will die anyway. Physician assisted suicide should be legal in all states because it ends the suffering of many ill people.
People have a right to die if they choose to. The only problem is that some states have decided to not allow physician assisted suicide. For example, people like Dr. Kevorkian has been under much scrutiny for assisting in deaths. I don’t necessarily agree with his bedside manor and his “icy okey-doke” (Goodman, 495) But when somebody decides to ....
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