Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
Keywords
Physician-Assisted Suicide, Autonomy, Privacy, Mercy, Euthanasia
Abstract
This paper discusses the contemporary debate over physician-assisted suicide and focuses specifically on Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. Because the majority of the states have yet to pass legislation on physician-assisted suicide, the greatest debate over the legality of euthanasia is yet to come. This paper addresses the arguments for and against physician-assisted suicide with the purpose of educating the reader regarding the social, moral and ethical consequences of allowing or denying its practice.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Gardner, Michael
(2017)
"Death and Dignity,"
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review: Vol. 31, Article 4.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuplr/vol31/iss1/4