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Published: 23.04.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Physician-Assisted Suicide', 1.
  • Essays 'Physician-Assisted Suicide', 2.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide
"Whose life is it anyways?"
A plea for death by the late Sue Rodriguez from British Columbia Canada, a patient with ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) with every intention of taking her own life. Sue was aided in her suicide by A Canadian Physician in violation of Canadian law. Throughout North America, Committing suicide or attempting to commit suicide is not a legal offense. However, helping another human to commit suicide is a criminal act, with only one exception, the state of Oregon. Oregon is the only state, which allows patients, which are ter…

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