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Assisted Suicide: An Easier Way Out


Doctor Kevorkian and other so-called "death doctors" should be permitted
to assist in the premature deaths of the terminally ill. Although many states
outlaw assisted suicides, nevertheless, they should by made legal for terminally
ill patients. These patients may not want to suffer a long, painful death. The
terminally ill will not get well, they might decide to make the decision of
ending their life alone if they cannot receive proper help, and assisted
suicides may one day be useful in discovering how the human brain works or
perhaps find a cure to some fatal diseases.

First, the terminally ill patients will not get better or become cured
of the disease they have. According to many medical physicians the expression
"terminally ill" means being in the final stages of a disease that is incurable
(Hentoff, p.10). If a person has a despairing disease such as AIDS, that person
may not want to live the rest of their short life with all the......

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