Evaluation:
Published: 01.01.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Assisted Suicide', 1.
  • Essays 'Assisted Suicide', 2.
Extract

Imagine youu have just found out you are going to die within three months.
Recently the questions have been changed form, 'What am I going to do with the rest
of my life?' to 'When should I kill myself'? With painful and crippling diseases such as
AIDS and cancer, and Alzheimers along with doctors such as Dr. Kavorkian, some
people are choosing death over life. Doctor assisted suicide has been a very
controversial subject in the past few years. Some states such as Oregon have passed
laws which allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients who have less then six
months to live.…

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