Assisted Suicide 101

HCC : Assisted  Suicide : English 121 : Essay 3 

[dumbemowhore]

Are you for it or against it?

I’m for assisted suicide. If you’re suffering from a terminal illness and you’re in so much pain that you would rather end your life peacefully, with dignity, than live the rest of your life in excruciating pain then you should have the right to do that.

[disabilityhistory-blog]

Why is it that disabled folks are considered brave for killing ourselves? It all goes back to the societal attitude of better dead than disabled or better dead than to have THAT condition. People see those of us with disabilities as useless and worthless. We are presumed incompetent and our abilities, indeed, everything we do, including the act of living, is called into question.

"Suicide is Awful - Unless You’re Disabled" (via disabilityhistory)

[physicianassistedsuicideblo-blog]

Standard Arguments against Physician-Assisted Suicide

There are a number of arguments that are repeated in the argument against physician-assisted suicide:

suicide is wrong in and of itself even for the ill

it is incompatible with the healing goals of medicine

given appropriate…

[jmclaughlinhccblog]

Is assisted suicide ever OK?

HLN's Dr. Drew and his guests discuss the controversy of assisted suicide.