Judging Yourself

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You are a judge who believes that individuals should be allowed to choose when to die.

You personally had to watch both your parents die long and agonizing deaths because your state does not have a right-to-die statute. Before you is a doctor who is being prosecuted for giving a lethal dose of morphine to a patient dying of terminal cancer. The family of the patient did not want the prosecution, the majority of the public is not in favor of the prosecution, but the prosecutor believes that if there is a law in place, it should be enforced. The doctor has opted for a bench trial.

Write a 2-3 page, APA style paper addressing where you examine your options and defend your position. Please include 2-3 references. Only one reference may be from an internet source (not Wikipedia) the other references must be located in the University Online Library. Only the body of the paper will count toward the page requirement. Include a title sheet.


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Introduction
From my understanding and experience, people should be offered with an opportunity
to choose when to die. The doctor’s case for giving a lethal dose of morphine to his patient
who was dying of terminal cancer need to be handled with a lot of care, empathy and sympathy.
The case need to be evaluated with a lot of keenness in order to get deep understanding of the
“assisted suicide” which is an ethical and in reality (Balkin, 2005). Understanding the case will
help the court in determining whether patients should be allowed by the to put an end to their
agonies as per their own will.
Doctor’s case analysis
Assisted suicide is also defined as euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, mercy killing
or doctor-assisted suicide. It is th...


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