Euthanasia, or What Is Generally Term Paper

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The most reported cases involved cancer patients, and in the majority of the cases, the procedure was conducted at home (Euthanasia pp).

Oregon is the only state that has legalized physician-assisted suicide, as residents voted for it at the Oregon Ballot Measure 16 in 1994, and voted against repealing it at the Oregon Ballot Measure 51 in 1997, however the state law has been attacked by a variety of organizations, as well as the United States government (Euthanasia pp). In 2003, some forty-two cases of physician-assisted suicide were reported in Oregon, which involved twelve cases where the physician was actually present, and all by drinking a barbiturate potion (Euthanasia pp).

In April 2005, it was reported that approximately 57% of the 1,000 physicians surveyed in a national poll believed that physician-assisted suicide was ethical, and 41% said they would endorse the legalization of physician-assisted suicide under a wide variety of circumstances (Silverman pp). This is a large percentage of the medical establishment.
Many believe that it is more humane to end the suffering of an individual who is in such extreme pain that they no longer enjoy a quality of life. In these circumstances, it seems to be more humane to end their suffering than to allow them to linger in pain. This issue will continue to spark debate for decades.

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