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medical technology of today, it is possible to keep a person alive even if brain dead, by the use of life
support machines and other life sustaining equipment. The debate is that when a person is at a dead
end, either in a coma or having been diagnosed with a terminal disease that ends in death, should that
person be able to have the right to choose to die by an assisted suicide. Here are the opinions of
those for it. In todays world, medical technology has advanced so much that it is now possible to
sustain life through formerly life ending injuries or illneses. An alternative to the years of suffering
and pain, is an assisted suicide. What exactly is an assisted suicide? Well, it is providing the means,
like drugs, by which a person can take his or her own life. Right now there are only two places in the
world that it is legal to have an assisted suicide, or a physiscian assisted suicide where a medical
doctor assists in directing the suicide of a dying patient. Those two places are the State of Oregon in
the U.S., and the Northern Territory of Australia. There are strict guidelines on determining whether
a person is under law able to have an assisted suicide. There are two cases for an assisted suicidem
according to Euthanasia Research & Guidance Organization (ERGO). "One is if
Names mentioned in this term paper
Dr. Ruth L. Fishcbach, Dr. Jack Kevorkian,
Organizations mentioned in this term paper
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Locations talked about in this essay
U.S., Oregon, Australia,
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coma, cancer,
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