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This paper examines the concept of euthanasia, and discusses what both sides of the issue are, and how both groups feel about the idea of being "helped" to death. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Greek physician Hippocrates, used as his motto "do no harm," and on the heels of that would "promise not to end anothers life needlessly." Yet for Hippocrates there is
Socrates, who took his own life with a cup of hemlock, or poison. The debate has continued to this very day, with "pro-life" people considering that euthanasia is nothing short
of murder, and the "death-with-dignity" people retorting that its an individuals right to die when he or she chooses, and not when society determines that it is time.
The topics of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide came to the forefront of public conscience during the 1980s and 1990s over several issues, one involving
the passage of an assisted suicide bill in the state of Oregon, and the other involving the passage of a euthanasia and assisted suicide bill in The Netherlands (Marker and
Hamlon, 2002). Both bills faced a great deal of controversy from people supporting both sides of the issue. The other factor that has brought euthanasia to the public mind was
the activities of Jack Kevorkian, a medical doctor who has "assisted" more than 100 people to their deaths; and who has been convicted of murder charges because of some of
those deaths. The difficulty these days in deciding which side is right is because modern medicine has lengthened life spans (Marker and
Hamlon, 2002). This is good, in a way. But in another way, it keeps people alive until their bodies succumb to age or disease. People were not made to become
ancient - with people dying in their 40s and 50s, they did not live long enough to suffer the inevitable breakdowns of their bodies; they did not suffer from the
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