Read through the websites below and then write about euthanasia. Do you support or oppose the right of terminally ill people to choose assisted suicide?
Ethics Updates: Euthanasia and End-of-Life Decisions http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/Euthanasia/index.asp
Court decisions, legislation, documents, statistical information, books, articles and videos on the subject. A large website by Professor Lawrence M. Hinman at the University of San Diego.
Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide: All Sides http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm#
The Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance present ethical questions, public opinion polls, church statements and the current legal status regarding assisted suicide.
The Kevorkian Verdict: The Life and Legacy of the Suicide Doctor http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/
Frontline program reviews Kevorkian's life, the law, the opinions surrounding euthanasia, and more.
Compassion and Choices http://www.compassionandchoices.org/
This organization "provides information, counseling and support to patients who are facing prolonged and intractable suffering at the end-of-life. COMPASSION offers information and emotional support for all end-of-life options, including intensive pain management, comfort or hospice care, and humane, effective aid-in-dying for those who are in the final stages of illness and whose suffering has become intolerable."
Euthanasia World Directory http://www.finalexit.org/
Includes a listing of right-to-die societies throughout the U.S. and the world, a newsletter, a detailed Q&A, and a glossary of "end-of-life" terms.
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