Legalizing Assisted Suicide : Examining Sixteen Years of Data from Oregon (United States) and Its Implications for the Assisted Suicide Debate in Hong Kong Dept. of Religion and Philosophy (December 1, 2014)
What happens when a political entity allows physicians to help their patients end their own lives -- an activity that has been morally and legally prohibited nearly universally for at least 3000 years? This presentation will examine the moral arguments for and against such a position; review how the state of Oregon (in the United States) implemented its law allowing for such "aid-in-dying"; analyze sixteen years of data on the law's use; and conclude with an analysis of how the lessons learned in Oregon apply to the emerging assisted suicide debate in Hong Kong. [Go to the full record in the library's catalogue]
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