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Title: Euthanasia
Words: 948
There are two types of euthanasia. Passive euthanasia has recently been made legal across the U.S.. Commonly referred to as ³pulling the plug,² passive euthanasia is defined as ³purposely evoking a premature death by withdrawing life-sustaining treatment from a patient.² (Stanley 35) This includes removing feeding tubes, artificial respirators, and any other forms of life support. Patients may write a living will, requesting that if a situation of their own dependency on life support arises, they would like to be removed after ____ days, regardless of family opinions. However, much of the American public seems to be against passive euthanasia. In 25 of 71 cases in 1993, living wills were somehow ³lost² when the patient was admitted to a hospital. (Miller 87) And In a 1995 surv ...
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