Premium
Legalization of Physician‐Assisted Suicide: Point/Counterpoint
Author(s) -
Sumodi Veronica
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1995.tb01278.x
Subject(s) - legalization , counterpoint , argument (complex analysis) , assisted suicide , perspective (graphical) , presentation (obstetrics) , physician assisted suicide , point (geometry) , suicide prevention , psychology , medicine , poison control , psychiatry , medical emergency , computer science , pedagogy , geometry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , radiology
The issues of euthanasia and physician‐assisted suicide have been debated in classrooms, courtrooms, medical and ethical journals, on television talk shows, and at the bedsides of patients. This article discusses in broad perspective the topic of physician‐assisted suicide. The important ethical, legal, and moral issues are presented in a debate format. The presentation of the arguments is by no means exhaustive but rather reflective of current nursing, medical, and ethical journal articles published on the topic of physician‐assisted suicide. An attempt has been made to balance each argument without bias, thus allowing the reader to make an individual judgment.