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    Juliette Hughes wrote an article for The Age newspaper about how she thinks drugs should be legalised. She used many different sorts of metalanguage techniques such as using expert’s opinion‚ appealing to people’s self-interest etc. Hughes is an ethicist; her point of view is from an ethical standpoint. Hughes used examples from history and scientific experiment. The intended audience is a mature audience‚ who are open minded about the legalisation of drugs. Hughes starts off by talking about cannabis

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    6 * MEANING OF EUTHANASIA 8 * CAN RIGHT TO DIE BE EQUATED WITH RIGHT TO LIFE? 9 * DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUICIDE AND EUTHANASIA 11 * LEGALISATION OF EUTHANASIA 12 * ARGUMENTS AGAINST EUTHANASIA

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    The word Euthanasia derives from the Greek words Eu and Thanatos which means easy or good death. Euthanasia is is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma[1]. Euthanasia exists in various forms‚ each one specific in its criteria. Firstly there is active and passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia involves the use of direct action in order to end the patient’s life whilst passive euthanasia is the withholding

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    RS INVESTIGATION: EUTHANASIA AND THE RIGHT TO DIE PLAN FOR THE ESSAY: RESOURCES -> Ethical Matters (pages 60) petter and Charlotte Vardy issue volume 152- Euthanasia and the right to die Euthanasia and the catholic church Christian theology Trust- Medical ethics Ethics matters A comparison to ethics Websites: www.Ageconcern.com www.saves.asn.au www.carenotkilling.org.uk www.daa.org.uk www.bioethics.ie www.lifenews.com www.newscientist.com www.NHSdirect.nhs.uk www.nursing-standard

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    November 27 2011 PHI-105 Professor Sanejo Leonard Should Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide be Legalized? Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide should become legal in the United States and all US territories. Though Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide are not the same and are separate acts‚ they both serve the same purpose‚ which is to follow the desire of a person with terminal illness to end their life without legal consequences. This same right should extend to family members and guardians of people unable

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    words‚ he or she is terminally ill‚ would it not be merciful to allow the person to die? Would not euthanasia--or mercy killing as it is termed--be acceptable to the suffering patient as well as to those who are close to him? mercy killing causes no harm to anyone. in fact‚ it provides a relief to the realtives of the victims as they undergo immense agony‚ seeing a dear one suffering. Euthanasia is an act of professional support to the terminally ill patient and hence canot be held as a cruel

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    Issue: Should euthanasia be legalized in Australia? Pallid skin‚ cool to the touch. Invisible‚ bony fingers drag the sides of your lips down into a grimace. That lifeless‚ although still holding onto life‚ loved one is your family‚ your friend‚ and a person you hold dear to your heart. People feel this desperation everyday. Hopefully‚ you have not experienced it yet. Good morning the members of Australian Medical Association. My name is Isabella Lucas and I am the director of pro-euthanasia

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    thought of euthanasia comes to mind. One wonders whether their life is worth living anymore due to the trauma that has occured. This despondent way of thinking is often much more negative than those of the patient. One can not measure someone else’s life just by looking at it. Every being’s life on earth is worth living. No one can play the role of God and decide when that person’s life should be terminated. Life is delicate and should be handled with care and protected‚ not destroyed. Euthanasia is the

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    Pro: To start out I am not a good debater but I just had this idea and want to see both sides of the argument. Euthanasia should be legalized in the United States. Euthanasia would help the US and its citizens in many ways. As defined by Merriam-Webster Euthanasia- the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy: 1. People who live in great pain and suffering would have a way to get out of

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    like for example the quinolones. What we doctors do is to avoid the middle man‚ and thus prevent such indiscriminate use of drugs by advertising and prevent loss of millions of lives in the hospitals. It is not entirely clear what is meant by legalised form of lying. There are lies that advertisers cannot legally utter‚ and then there are exaggerations‚ poetic over-statements‚ or misleadingly incomplete information which advertisers can get away with. A great many of the statements that advertisers

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