Physician Assisted Suicide for Terminally Ill Patients: An Argumentative Essay

Attitudes of terminally ill patients toward euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.

BACKGROUND In jurisdictions that permit euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide, patients with cancer comprise the largest group to die by these methods. We investigated the personal attitudes toward these practices of patients receiving palliative care for advanced cancer. METHODS Seventy patients (32 men and 38 women; median survival, 44.5 days) took part in a survey using in-depth semistr...

An Illinois Physician-Assisted Suicide Act: a merciful end to a terminally ill criminal tradition.

Attitudes and desires related to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide among terminally ill patients and their caregivers.

CONTEXT Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) are highly controversial issues. While there are studies of seriously ill patients' interest in euthanasia and PAS, there are no data on the attitudes and desires of terminally ill patients regarding these issues. OBJECTIVE To determine the attitudes of terminally ill patients toward euthanasia and PAS, whether they seriously were consid...

Assisted dying for the terminally ill.

1. The BHA is the principal organisation representing the interests of the large and growing population of ethically concerned but non-religious people living in the UK. It exists to support and represent people who seek to live good and responsible lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. It is committed to human rights and democracy, and has a long history of active engagement in wor...

Washington v. Glucksberg: influence of the court in care of the terminally ill and physician assisted suicide.