Physician Assisted Suicide and The Art of Care

?Abstract:

???????????? In an age of managed care, rationing of care, and technological care,? there is The Art of Care.? ? We live in a society that has been given various choices to ?self-determine? one?s destiny in dying as one has been able to ?self-determine? one?s destiny in life itself.? We have medicines and technological capabilities, and areas of the country allowing us to hasten or postpone one?s dying.? The purpose of this position paper is to outline the legal, ethical, religious, and philosophical ramifications involved in Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) and how affects of such decisions effect those connected to this issue.?

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