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…Teen Suicide A teenager stands in the middle of a dry and desolate paddock with what is left of his father's once magnificent flock of sheep. He holds the rifle used to execute the remaining sheep. He thinks of all the pressure on his family…

…Should suicide be legal? Suicide is something we have had to deal with since the beginning of time. Throughout that period of time it has been seen as wrong. There is no reason why we should accept it now. It may be painless, and put some people…

…Why do people commit suicide? 30,000 Americans kill themselves annually (SAVE). A significant statistic, not just a few wayward souls slipping through the cracks, this is an issue of national importance. Of course no words can entirely describe…

…- - Over the past ten to twenty years a big issue has been made over a person¹s right to commit suicide or not. The American courts have had to deal with everything from assisted suicides to planned suicides, and whether the constitution gives…

…Doctor Assisted Suicide An issue of great controversy boomed in the United States approximately ten years ago. Doctor-assisted suicide was brought to the attention of Americans in the mid-1980s, but did not become the issue it is today until…

…In general, suicide is attempted/completed by persons who are experiencing intense psychological pain in response to unmet needs. Lacking the skills and the resources to cope with this pain, they use suicide as the only viable solution to end…

…Every 42 seconds, someone attempts suicide; every 16.9 seconds, someone completes it. Suicide is the eighth leading cause of all deaths; third for persons aged 15 to 24. Although suicide rates over the past 40 years are relatively stable, the incidence…

…Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among humans between the ages of 15-25 years old. It is the 6th leading cause of death among children 5-14 years of age. Every day more and more people are taking their own lives. They assume that life…

…Physician-assisted suicide occurs when a physician helps a person take his or her own life by giving advice, writing a prescription for lethal medication, or assisting the individual with some device which allows the person to take his or her own life…

…Physician Assisted Suicide The issue of whether doctors should be allowed to assist patients in suicide has been a very sensitive and emotional topic for people of both sides. With machines to substitute organs and blood, there is no doubt technology…