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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.

"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 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.

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 article talks about physician assisted death. Discusses whether or not it is ethical.

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

This article talks about whether people should have the right to a Doctor Assisted Death or not. It continues by stating that If people are suffering then they should have this right.

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.

Pros and Cons of the Euthanasia debate including expert quotes, facts, timelines, and polls, laws, physician-assisted suicide, the right to die, legal considerations, patients' rights, and more.

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.

State Laws on Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide

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

Good information for this topic. Specifics like which states and the laws around it are listed here. There are also opinions from ill people ad religious people for both sides of this topic.

This article talks about a doctor who assisted a patient to release lethal drugs in her body in attempt for suicide. However, the doctor was tried for second degree murder and was sentenced to jail for nine years. The judge refused to hear arguments from the patient's family.

World Health Organization reports that worldwide, the cost of kidney market is about 6,000. The numbers have been given by Physicians and Brokers. Surveys have been taken from hospitals in Japan and also from deal in Indian Villages. Close to 40% of people who are natives of Pakistan happen to have only one kidney do to the marketing of organs. Digits are increasing when it comes to donation of organs from Pakistan. Non-nationals happen to be the ones who are the receivers of these kidneys. About two-third of transplants are made outside of Pakistan.

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.

This article talks about how some vaccination may cause authism. Some feel very strongly that MMR is the main cause authism. Although there has been no proven fact that it does, some believe that they will not give there child the vaccination. Andrew Wakefield is overseeing a facility in Texas to try to understand better what may cause authism. He was the first physician who reported that some vaccinations may cause authism. Some Texas representive believe that Wakefield's studies are correct.

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This site gave some interesting information. It went over some research done to raise the legal drinking age.