1. Do you have the right to die? Why or why not?

2. Euthanasia Act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die by withholding treatment or withdrawing artificial life- support measures.

3. What’s the difference??? Passive Euthanasia Voluntary Active Euthanasia Non-voluntary Euthanasia Physician Assisted Suicide Suicide

4. Passive Euthanasia Passive euthanasia is an alternative name for withdrawal of treatment - the doctor withholds life- sustaining treatment. Passive euthanasia occurs when the patient dies because the medical professionals either don't do something necessary to keep the patient alive, or when they stop doing something that is keeping the patient alive. The doctor may switch off life-support machines, disconnect a feeding tube, not carry out a life-extending operation don't give life- extending drugs

5. Voluntary Active Euthanasia Those instances of euthanasia in which a clearly competent person makes a voluntary and enduring request to be helped to die.

6. Non-voluntary Euthanasia The person cannot make a decision or cannot make their wishes known. This includes cases where the person is in a coma, the person is too young (e.g. a very young baby), the person is senile, the person is mentally retarded to a very severe extent, the person is severely brain damaged, the person is mentally disturbed in such a way that they should be protected from themselves.

7. Physician Assisted Suicide The voluntary termination of one's own life by administration of a lethal substance with the direct or indirect assistance of a physician.

8. Dr. Jack Kevorkian Most well know figure in the right to die movement in the U.S. Assisted in the suicides of 130 people Was prosecuted and sent to prison for 10-25 years for his role in assisted suicide. (He only served 7).

9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ myo6EvUY8

10. Suicide the process of purposely ending one's own life.

11. Euthanasia in America

12. Death with Dignity Act (Oregon) To request a prescription for lethal medications, the Death with Dignity Act requires that a patient must be: – An adult (18 years of age or older), – A resident of Oregon, [see Oregon's definition of "resident" in the Editor's Note below] – Capable (defined as able to make and communicate health care decisions), and – Diagnosed with a terminal illness that will lead to death within six months.

13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPfe3rCc UeQ

14. 60 Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAHey2 LjA6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAHey2 LjA6c PA woman charged with helping father die.

15. 60 minutes http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/a-doctor- reflects-on-death-and-dignity/ http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/a-doctor- reflects-on-death-and-dignity/ Doctor who opposes death with dignity.

17. Belgium http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe- 26181615 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe- 26181615

18. Pro/Con Argument Pro Ends pains and suffering We should have the right to die Die with dignity Reduces health care cost Frees up doctors and nurses time Vital organs can be saved Prevents messy suicide Con Violates doctors’ Hippocratic oath Demeans the values of human life Most religions prohibit suicide Gov’t or insurance pressure to end life Miracles cures

21. Peer Discussion Should euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide be legal? Are the economic pressures in the health care system too great to safely legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide? Would legalizing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide destroy patient trust in the medical profession? Should euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide only be allowed for the terminally ill?