Art was a corner stone of ancient Athenian values and principals‚ and still contributes to modern day society as well. Many principals developed in Ancient Greece are still carried out and taught in present day. Euclid‚ was a brilliant Greek Mathematician‚ he developed many crucial elements in the math world that are necessary for current day engineers to pursue their work. The “Father of Geometry” is what Euclid is known as. He was very successful with his math skills‚ leaving even math professors
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The Debate Over Assisted Suicide Kristen Brittingham ILR 260 Dr. Dee Griffin April 2014 Abstract Should assisted suicide be legal in hospitals? Those who are against assisted suicide argue that it goes against the Hippocratic oath that medical personnel take when they get their license. They also say that‚ a patient could feel pressured by other sources affecting the decision for assisted suicide and that doctors could possibly give a wrong death prognosis ending a patients life to soon. On the
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and suffering. This is always a controversial issue because of the moral and ethical components that are involved. This paper will discuss the arguments against euthanasia. Discussion Euthanasia is clearly against the Hippocratic Oath that all doctors have to fulfil. This oath basically states that doctors must never be involved in the killing of people because after all‚ they have been trained to ensure that people are able to recover from their diseases and injuries. Doctors are the ones whom
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Human lifespan is obviously priority and most importance in recent years. Huge number of scientists and medical doctors has tried to extend human life to live longer. Well-known ‘Genome-project’ is one of these efforts. In the point of view on life extension‚ euthanasia is undoubtedly one of controversial issue in modern society. The conflict is driven by the opinion gap whether accept the notion of euthanasia or should not be allowed. Obviously‚ in the past‚ there were few concerns toward human
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“Death with Dignity” Physician assisted suicide has long been a topic of debate. Those who are in favor and those who are very much against it‚ make very convincing arguments on both sides of this controversial topic. In November 2012‚ people of the state of Massachusetts voted on a very controversial petition called the Massachusetts "Death with Dignity" Initiative. This initiative that was defeated‚ allowed the people of Massachusetts with terminal illness (a terminally ill patient
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Assisted suicide against the Hippocratic tradition (a revision of the Hippocratic Oath) which the core prohibits the killing of human being‚ just as it forbids any aid in suicide: ’To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug nor give advice which may cause his death. ’(The Hippocratic tradition‚ 1979) According to Josef Kure‚ “Euthanasia as a direct killing of the patient‚ regardless if upon his/her request or without any request‚ is not forbidden by the Hippocratic Oath directly. But such a prohibition
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Physician assisted suicide is a dangerous and an immoral choice for a patient to choose. There are many reasons why physician assisted suicide is a bad idea. For example‚ mistakes are made by doctors‚ it is a violation of the hippocratic oath‚ and there are other options that patients can choose. Physician assisted suicide may feel like the only option for a patient but there are many other options that a patient can choose. Doctors make mistakes in a patient’s medical care. Doctors are not perfect
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html Mooney‚ L Planned Parenthood. Health information and services. (2011). Reardon‚ D Robinson‚ B. A.‚ (2009). Diversity of the definitions of the word abortion. Retrieved from http://www.religioustolerance.org Sigerist‚ H. E.‚ (1996). The Hippocratic Oath: Text‚ Translation and Interpretation. Wade‚ M.‚ (1990‚ November)
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abortion was prohibited via the Hippocratic Oath until pro choicers became inclined to have the Oath our forefathers took before they could tend to patients decades ago‚ changed to remove the paragraph prohibiting abortion. People that oppose abortion feel abortion should be an illegal procedure except in risk of extreme harm or death to the mother. Doctors should not be allowed to perform a procedure that was once prohibited via the classic version of the Hippocratic Oath every doctor takes upon becoming
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS | PAGE NUMBER | 1.0 Introduction | 1 | 2.0 The issue and the background | 1 | 3.0 The social significance of the debate | 1 | 4.0 The participants in the debate | 1 | 5.0 The differing opinions5.1 Arguments against legalising Euthanasia5.2 Arguments for legalising Euthanasia | 23 | 6.0 Conclusion | 3 | 7.0 Reference | 4 | 1.0 NTRODUCTION This report will look into the issue of Euthanasia as well as analyse the benefits and harms
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