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The issue of whether or not patients have a right to die is explored, as well as whether or not those who help such people should be considered murderers. It gives anecdotes about family members who could not bear to see their loved ones suffer, and offers opinions on both sides of the issue.

Another good article about the morality and legality of assised suicide. Who are weto decided a person can be helped to die and be forced to live on constant pain?

Another good article about the morality and legality of assised suicide. Who are weto decided a person can be helped to die and be forced to live on constant pain?

The legal aspects of assisted suicide are covered in this website. It shows how fractured the court is on the subject. It speaks of the two federal courts who struck down laws against assisted suicide, and how the Supreme Court overturned these laws.

This website discusses the issue of physician-assisted suicide. It explores the ethics of such an act, as well as the proliferation of such requests. It offers the opinion that doctors must respect the patient's wishes not to endure life-prolonging treatments that do little to help the patient's quality of life. However, it does not advocate nor denigrate assisted suicide.

This article trys to provide some explinations as to why people commit suicide. By far the most known and expected reason a person want to end his or hers life is because they are depressed. There are many reason for depression streaming from losing someone they love dearly or sometimes depression just happens. Another reason it that they're psychotic. This means that a person hears voices in their head that is commanding that they so things, like commit suicide. Another reason is that they are impulsive, often because they are on drugs and they genuinly feel ashamed. A fourth reason is that they are crying out for help and don't know how else to get it. this can some times steam from depression. Another reason is they have a philosophical desire to die. This can be associated generaly to having a terminal illness that there is no hope of overcoming. And a last reason for wanting to commit suicide is that a person has made a mistake and they feel that there is no redeeming or making up for it.

Only one state, Oregon, has legalized assisted suicide. The Oregon statute, which went into effect in October 1997, provides that a doctor may prescribe, but not administer, a lethal dose of medication to a patient who has less than six months to live. Two doctors must agree that the patient is mentally competent and that the decision was voluntary. As of April 1999, 23 patients were given drugs under the statute, and 15 of them used the drugs to commit suicide. A report released by the Oregon state Health Division reviewing the first year of the law's implementation found that the law was working well and had not been subject to abuse.

This is more of a public debate on whether or not it should be legal to let someone commit suicide or not. This debate is open to public and many writers bring up ever valid points on whether it is okay to assisted someone with their own suicide if they ask or whether that is considered murder.

This webpage is all aspects of the topic of assisted suicide. It talks about the diffrent states that now allow assisted suicide and gives you links to other webpages that has to do with this subject. It also talks about the doctor who made assisted suicide a big issue, Dr. Jack Kevorkian.

This article touches on what Michigan doctors and the public feel about Physician assisted suicide and euthanasia. An outstanding number of doctors and public agree that Physician Assisted suicide should be a way for patients with terminally ill disease should pass.

For years many patients have wanted to end their pain and suffering that their terminal illness has cause. This article shows many pros and cons to Physician assisted suicide. Dr. Jack Kevorkian began this conquest for the approval of physician assisted suicide and many people still fight for the approval of physician assisted suicide.

This article gives us a look at how other countries feel about assited suicides, should they be legal, and wether they are moral or not.

Legislation concerning doctor-assisted suicide is explored in this site. Several states are currently considering new legislation on this matter, including Maine, Michigan, Florida, Oregon, Iowa and New Hampshire. This issue is deeply divisive, and this website explores these divisions.

Suicide is a personal freedom but its strongly disagreed with. This affects more than just the person committing the act. If someone is affected in such a way, they need to seek the right assistance.

This article talks about the pain that people suffer in which they would like the option of doctor-assisted suicide. There is a new case brought up about this right from November of 2011. The likes and dislikes of this right are also talked about in this page.

"The piece highlights Dr. Richard Wesley, a physician who was diagnosed with ALS four years ago, is now wheelchair bound, and seems to find immense relief in knowing when he can choose his end."

This article talks about Oregon's Death with Dignity Act passed in 1997. It reviews your personal freedom to die at a time & place of your choice if your facing a terminal illness.

This is surprising to see in the way that it has been kept underground and has had successful results. Although it is not surprising that many terminally ill patients would opt for this.

This article is a tough one. I agree with everything everyone is saying, but initially it is about the person who is suffering. If one of my family members were suffering with an illness that unfortunately ended with an early death and they were in horrible pain, I would rather tem be at peace and end their suffering if it is what they wanted.

In this article, there are many things that are debated when it comes to whether or not a person has the right to take their own life. Like spiritual beliefs to it being the individual right of a person as it falls under human rights. Those are the two many debates when it come down to being for it or making sure it stays illegal.

The regulation of physician assisted suicide is always questioned. The American Psychological Association will play an important role in determining the regulation of such an act if more states are willing to legalize this act.

This webpage gives you the pros vs the cons in physician-assisted suicide. It talks a little about the man who made this issue famous. While there are more pro PAS bullet-points the con ones give very good arguments

The article contains a ton of information regarding euthanasia as stated. The organization is educational and research based so it contains a lot of information and news articles as well as a 15 minute video that interviews 5 different people on the topic.

The law prohibits assisted killing, Think we should get this changed for the terminal ill patient