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Critique of the Case for Euthanasia

not the withdrawl of life support but the active giving of lethal medication

Relief of Suffering

analgesics are not used as much nor as effectively as they could be

Individual Rights

public good of prohibiting euthinasia may outweigh the private intersets of the person requesting it

The Case Agasint Ethanasia

Euthanasia Is Perilous Public Policy

doctors killing patienets without their consent

encouraging them to consent

getting someone eles’s consent instead

Euthanasia Violates the Norms of Medicine

goes agains the basic ideas of helping people

Conclusions


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