Tag: doctor-assisted death

Right to Die: RESPONSE by Alan Carver (PAAGE Discussion Piece #2)

 in opposition to the legalization of Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) by Alan Carver In the past 20 years, there have been numerous studies that have revealed how little physicians trained in the United States are prepared to care for their dying patients. Due to a paucity of attention paid to the subject in medical school […]

PAAGE: RESPONSE By Frances Norwood to Discussion Piece #2 – Right to Die

I was intrigued by both the content and the timing of Ender Ricart’s post to PAAGE. On the topic of timing, I recently did my own blog post asking the question, have we reached a tipping point in end of life policy? We’ve had a number of states recently pass legislation for physician assisted dying […]

PAAGE: Discussion Piece # 2 – Right To Die

In the United States our supposed inalienable human rights include, among others, freedom from torture, slavery, freedom of speech, religion, and the right to life. But what of death? If we possess the right to life, do we not also have the right then to choose how and when to dispossess that life? This question […]

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