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The Right To Die, Samantha Steenburn
The Right To Die, Samantha Steenburn
Honors Theses
In this thesis, I argue that, with certain procedural safeguards in place, physician‐assisted death (PAD) and euthanasia are morally permissible and should be an option for terminally ill patients. The first chapter introduces the history of PAD and euthanasia in the United States focusing on Oregon and Washington. Chapter two focuses on PAD in The Netherlands. Chapter three reviews philosophical arguments regarding PAD and details certain procedural safeguards such as medical friendships, consultations, and multiple opinions, which help to guarantee the moral acceptability of PAD and euthanasia. These safeguards also contribute to a relationship of beneficence from the physician to …
A Distinction Without A Moral Difference? An Essay On The Difference Between Palliative Sedation And Physician-Assisted Death, Patrick T. Smith
A Distinction Without A Moral Difference? An Essay On The Difference Between Palliative Sedation And Physician-Assisted Death, Patrick T. Smith
Wayne State University Dissertations
Professionals engaged in palliative care have a responsibility to treat their patients by aggressively managing pain and certain kinds of suffering within legal and professional ethical boundaries. Many medical professionals and ethicists, rightly or wrongly, have considered the practices of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, which can be categorized as instances of physician-assisted death (PAD), to be beyond the scope of ethically appropriate health care. Many of these same individuals who oppose PAD, and the professional organizations they sometimes represent, often embrace, at the same time, the practice of palliative/terminal sedation at the end of life. Palliative sedation is thought to …