high-profile, terminally-ill resident of British Columbia, Canada, who suffered

from ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). She was helped to commit suicide by a

physician in violation of Canadian Law.

B. Most people in North America die what may be called a bad death. One study

found that " More often than not, patients died in pain, their desires concerning

treatment neglected, after spending 10 days or more in the intensive care unit. "

C. I believe that because so many people are dying so painfully, there are more reasons

or physician-assisted suicide to be legal than not.

1. a form of euthanasia in which a doctor gives access to a person the means to kill him

C. Steps in the process and methods of Physician-Assisted Suicide

a. One method is Dr. Jack Kevorkian's "Suicide Machine. In this process,

the patient must first activate it by pushing a button. Then, three solutions

are injected in order; first, a harmless saline, then, a sl

such as Kevorkian's "Suicide Machine", self-administered carbon monoxide masks, and plastic

This shows how popular deaths caused by euthanasia are.

of Oregon" (Robinson 4). As of March of 1999, Oregon is the only US state where any form of

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