Topic: Controversy in Medical Practice, Physicians and Doctors
Controversial subtopic: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide.
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Euthanasia: Intentional killing by act or omission of a Dependant human being for their supposed benefit.
Assisted Suicide: Someone provides an individual with knowledge that can assist to take their own lives, specifically for that purpose.
The main difference between Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide is the level of direct involvement. Euthanasia is the person's direct involvement with the death of the person in question, whereas Assisted Suicide is a round-about way, where they only provide the means of suicide, but leave the act to the person in question.
- Searched: Euthanasia + Assisted Suicide Controversy
- Found a list of Pros and Cons
- Found basic definitions here
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Basic Pros and Cons:
Arguments For Euthanasia:
- It provides a way to relieve extreme pain
- It provides a way of relief when a person's quality of life is low
- Frees up medical funds to help other people
- It is another case of freedom of choice
Arguments Against Euthanasia:
- Euthanasia devalues human life
- Euthanasia can become a means of health care cost containment
- Physicians and other medical care people should not be involved in directly causing death
- There is a "slippery slope" effect that has occurred where euthanasia has been first been legalized for only
- the terminally ill and later laws are changed to allow it for other people or to be done non-voluntarily.
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