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Outline<\/p>\n
I. Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS)<\/p>\n
A. Definition and History<\/p>\n
B. Dr. Jack Kevorkian<\/p>\n
II. Euthanasia<\/p>\n
A. Passive Euthanasia<\/p>\n
B. Active Euthanasia<\/p>\n
III. Patient Self-Determination Act<\/p>\n
IV. Constitutional Rights<\/p>\n
A. Equal protection clause \u2013 14th Amendment to the Constitution<\/p>\n
1. Basic component of human freedom<\/p>\n
2. Right to decide one\u2019s own destiny (autonomy)<\/p>\n
B. 9th Amendment to the Constitution<\/p>\n
V. Social Policy<\/p>\n
A. Litigation<\/p>\n
1. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit<\/p>\n
2. United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit<\/p>\n
B. Legislation<\/p>\n
1. Death with Dignity Act \u2013 Measure 16 (Oregon)<\/p>\n
C. Doctors\u2019 participation in PAS<\/p>\n
VI. Legal Precedents<\/p>\n
A. In re Quinlan, 70 NJ. 10, 355 A.2d 647, 664 (1976)<\/p>\n
B. Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997)<\/p>\n
C. Gonzales v. Oregon, 546 U.S. 243 (2006)<\/p>\n
VII. Biblical Viewpoint<\/p>\n
VIII. Conclusion<\/p>\n
IX. References<\/p>\n
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Martyn, S.R. & Bourguignon, H.J. (2000). Now is the moment to reflect: Two years of experience with Oregon\u2019s physician-assisted suicide law. The Elder Law Journal, 8, 1-56.
Morgan, R.C. & Sutherland, D.D. (1996). Last Rights? Confronting physician-assisted suicide in law and society: Legal liturgies on physician-assisted suicide. Stetson Law Review, 26(2), 481-528.
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Valente, S.M. (2004). End-of-life challenges: Honoring autonomy. Cancer Nursing, 27(4), 314-319.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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