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Physician-Assisted Suicide - Coggle Diagram
Physician-Assisted Suicide
Terminology
"Medical Aid in Dying"
Definition of Terminally/Incurably Ill
"Euthanasia"
"Mercy Killing"
Law
Where it is Legal (in U.S. and globally)
Related Cases
DNR/Withdrawal of Medical Care
Comparison to Euthanasia of Animals
Those Involved: Feelings Before/After
(cases where patients decided against it?)
Patients
Primary Reasons for Request
Families
Stats on Impact
Physicians
4 Principles of Bioethics (Autonomy > Justice, Nonmaleficence, Beneficence?)
Right to Refuse Participation Protected?
Abuse of Procedure
Coercion by Family Members
"Physician Shopping" to Get Around Safeguards
Nurse-Assisted Suicide w/o Physicians' Orders
Insurance Covering PAS > Treatment
Lack of Screening for Psychiatric Disorders
Alternative Ways of Achieving Death w/ "Dignity"
Natural Death
Hospice Care
Voluntary Stopping of Eating & Drinking (VSED)
Sallekhana
Other Fears
Complications
Potential for Turn-Around