Euthanasia

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Psychology

 

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Amos S

 

Date added:

August 28, 2012

 

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University

 

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B

 

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Plato, in The Republic condemned physicians who allowed patients to suffer from lingering death and suggested euthanasia. Derived from two Greek words meaning good or easy death euthanasia is often called "mercy killing" because the motivation is to act humanely toward one who is suffering. On June 5, 1998 United States attorney general Janet Reno declared that doctors who prescribe lethal medicine to terminally ill patients would not be prosecuted...
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Oregon State's Death with Dignity Act which was passed by voters in 1994 permits terminally ill patients to request lethal drugs to hasten their death; provided they are mentally competent and considered by two doctors to have less than six months to live. According to many legal experts it's only a matter of time before additional states enact euthanasia laws that will ignite another series of legal battles and ethical debates...
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