The Hemlock Society: A Heinou
Euthanasia is a commonly debated issue that raises question as to medical ethics. If euthanasia is deemed ethnical due to the moral principal, it allows a patient mercy, than it is the practice of euthanasia that is unethical. Hemlock society members world wide argue it is our duty to rid suffering and cause no further pain to terminally ill patients but using plastic bags and helium to end a persons life are no more respectable and dignifiable ways to die than letting nature take its course. In 1980, the Hemlock Society was founded by Derek Humphry as a non-profit organization. It currently has almost twenty-five thousand members and has seventy chapters in thirty-two states. The Hemlock society was designed to allow people choice and dignity at their time of departure. The organization believes in calm, placid, deaths with the accompaniment of family and/or friends. The Hemlock Societies own personal website (www.hemlock .org) describes in detail each of the supported methods of self-deliverance. The website also summarizes the annual conference, its speakers, and events. Titling the site, “Dea
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Approximate Word count = 750
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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