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…Physician-Assisted Suicide "Whose life is it anyways?" A plea for death by the late Sue Rodriguez from British Columbia Canada, a patient with ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) with every intention of taking her own life. Sue was aided…

…The nature of the forces which motivate a person to take his or her own life usually remain hidden from those who are left behind, for if the suicide has been completed, no further psychological inquiries can be made, and if incomplete, only tentative…

…is permanent and there is no cure. It will only progress and worsen with time, and all you can do is wait. What would you do? If you were 42-year-old Judith Curren, a nurse and mother of two small children, you'd be in close contact with the infamous suicide…

…In Immanuel Kant’s writing, Good Will and Duty, he argues that suicide is immoral. He has many reasons why it is immoral, and they stem back to his beliefs on life. He believes in the categorical imperative and it has a few unconditional commands…

…Teenage Depression and Suicide Teenagers are very susceptible to emotional distress or depression. Many teenagers are faced with much adversity that they sometimes find very difficult to handle. Unfortunately, there are some teens who…

…PREVENTING ABORIGINAL SUICIDE: DOES A SHIFT IN THE DOMINANT SCHOOLING PARADIGM HOLD SOME PROMISE? by R. Lloyd Ryan, PhD R. Lloyd Ryan, Ph.D. P. O. Box 1072 Lewisporte, NF Phone: 709 535 8464 email: lloyd_ryan…

…Suicide: The Final Surrender What is suicide? Webster defines suicide as, “The act of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally” (1156). Throughout The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, the main character Edna Pontellier struggles vigorously…

…Depressive Disorders - Suicide 1. Mr. Sam Smith is a divorced man, 35 years of age, has 2 children and lives alone. His neighbor found him in on the bathroom floor in his home, bleeding from the arms, with obvious slash marks on his wrists. After…

…their lives. Assisted suicide and euthanasia also called the right to die movement, which has either been barred by the law or has been prohibited by court rulings in almost every state. In 1997, the Supreme Court upheld two state laws that barred assisted…

…Webster's dictionary defines the term euthanasia as a painless, happy death. In recent years, a new term - assisted euthanasia has been introduced. This is when a terminally ill patient is assisted in committing suicide by their doctor or even…