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This 27 page document includes a 25 page paper, an abstract, outline and annotated bibliography with 19 sources on the topic of physician assisted suicide. The paper assesses the ethical issues in relation to the role of medical professionals.
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created challenges in end-of-life decision-making. The issue of physician-assisted suicide has extended from these technological advancements and the belief that sometimes maintaining life, especially in the presence of pain
and terminal disease, is not always the most ethical approach to patient care. This research study considers the impact of technological advancement, the aging of the population, changes in
approaches to end-of-life planning and the ethics of physician assisted suicide. This study relates the findings in the current literature, as well as views presented by ethical theorists like
Kant and Mill, to evaluations of practitioner roles and organizational ethics. This study reflects the fact that there is a range of ways of assessing the ethics of assisted
suicide and rational approaches can be applied on both sides of the argument. The research also relates the belief that social responsibility is a component of modern health care
and considers the implications of social responsibility for both sides of the argument. In relating all of these elements, this study also considers the conflicts involved between personal and
professional ethics and the problems facing health care organizations. Outline I. Introduction II. Background A. Technological advancements B. Aging of the American population III.
Ethics of Patient Care IV. Physician Assisted Suicide V. End of Life Planning A. Advanced directives B. Family vs. Patient C. Ethics and the Institution VI.
Pros and Cons A. Reduced end of life costs B. Patient autonomy C. Religious and ethical conflicts D. Social and legal ramifications VII. Philosophical and
Religious Issues A. The impact of religious leaders. B. Conflicts VIII. Ethical Issues A. Utilitarianism B. Kant C. Legal Positivism D. Egoism E. Golden Rule IX. Conflicts for
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