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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/10/2012

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Euthanasia
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Is a type of killing many consider "mercy Killing".
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Active Euthanasia
Definition
A doctor or a nurse gives an ill patient medicine that will kill them.
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Passive Euthanasia
Definition
A patient does not get the medicine or treatment that they need in order to stay alive.
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Solution
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Who ever is in a situation where they want to stop living should have the right to have that decision.
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Dr. Kovorkian
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First to bring about the idea of "mercy Killing" to the public in the early 1990s. Rejected by the public. Potassium Chloride.
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Why its not murder?
Definition
You're ending someones pain and suffering
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When in Pain.
Definition
97% increase Morphine
53% assisted suicide
24% euthanasia
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severe
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36% increase Morphine
37% assisted suicide
14% euthanasia
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Power of Attorney
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Another persons control over someone else who is unable to make decisions.Cannot kill or Overmedicate.
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