Assisted Suicide

             Physician-assisted suicide occurs when a physician
             facilitates a patient's death by providing the necessary
             means and/or information to enable the patient to
             perform the life-ending act (Physician-Assisted
             Suicide). Physician-assisted suicide is illegal in most
             states with the only exception being Oregon.
             Unfortunately, physician-assisted suicide has been
             gaining support over the past half century in the United
             States. Although physician-assisted suicide has been
             gaining support, physician-assisted suicide is wrong
             and should not be practiced in the United States. One
             of the main issues against physician-assisted suicide is
             that some complications could lead to further injury
             and more pain than the terminally ill patient is already
             suffering. Additionally, another main issue in
             physician-assisted suicide is the debate over palliative
             care options available to the terminally ill patient.
             Furthermore, depression often leads to the terminally ill
             to request assisted suicide. These are all very
             important issues that need to be considered in the
             debate over physician-assisted suicide.
            
             Those in favor of physician-assisted suicide believe
             that assisted suicide alleviates the pain and suffering of
             not only the patient, but also the family of the patient.
             Al...

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