Running Head: Death With Dignity Legislation 1
Death With Dignity Legislation
Angela Garcia Ascencio
DeVry University
Professor Mary Black
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, Death With Dignity Legislation 2
I) Introduction.
A. History on the Death with Dignity legislation and what it actually means.
1) Definition of terminal illness (Terminal Illness n.d.)
2) Statistics of usage (Death with Dignity 2015)
3) Measures to prevent patients abusing the law (Cobbs et al 2015).
4) Oregon was a pioneer in the fight for Death with Dignity since it accepted it
into law on November 8, 1994 (Reuter 2015).
5) Other states that have followed suit since then are Washington, Montana,
and Vermont (Reuter 2015).
a) To date there are currently eleven states that are considering the Death
with Dignity legislation during the current session (Korchnak, n.d.).
B. Who was Brittany Maynard and what she did to start this much needed
conversation (Egan et al 2014).
1) Ethics of allowing someone to choose the day they will die.
a) The reasons that some people may choose this method to end their life.
b) The reasons that so many people oppose this method of physician
assisted suicide.
II) The reasons that every state should pass this legislation.
A. How the terminally ill patient would benefit from using this legislation.
1) Challenges of the acceptance of the Death with Dignity Act (Stutsman
2015).
a) Finding a Physician and a second opinion.
b) Pharmacies rights and pricing.
c) Being allowed to live and die with the personal choice that was made.
III. Conclusion;
Most people when they think of death they tend to think of a very elderly person that
passes away in their sleep. However, that is now how it is for many people. In fact, many
younger people that are informed that they have a terminal illness may have to endure
excruciating and even debilitating pain during their last month’s alive. It is because of cases like
this that awareness needs to be spread about the importance of giving the option to terminally ill
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Death With Dignity Legislation
Angela Garcia Ascencio
DeVry University
Professor Mary Black
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, Death With Dignity Legislation 2
I) Introduction.
A. History on the Death with Dignity legislation and what it actually means.
1) Definition of terminal illness (Terminal Illness n.d.)
2) Statistics of usage (Death with Dignity 2015)
3) Measures to prevent patients abusing the law (Cobbs et al 2015).
4) Oregon was a pioneer in the fight for Death with Dignity since it accepted it
into law on November 8, 1994 (Reuter 2015).
5) Other states that have followed suit since then are Washington, Montana,
and Vermont (Reuter 2015).
a) To date there are currently eleven states that are considering the Death
with Dignity legislation during the current session (Korchnak, n.d.).
B. Who was Brittany Maynard and what she did to start this much needed
conversation (Egan et al 2014).
1) Ethics of allowing someone to choose the day they will die.
a) The reasons that some people may choose this method to end their life.
b) The reasons that so many people oppose this method of physician
assisted suicide.
II) The reasons that every state should pass this legislation.
A. How the terminally ill patient would benefit from using this legislation.
1) Challenges of the acceptance of the Death with Dignity Act (Stutsman
2015).
a) Finding a Physician and a second opinion.
b) Pharmacies rights and pricing.
c) Being allowed to live and die with the personal choice that was made.
III. Conclusion;
Most people when they think of death they tend to think of a very elderly person that
passes away in their sleep. However, that is now how it is for many people. In fact, many
younger people that are informed that they have a terminal illness may have to endure
excruciating and even debilitating pain during their last month’s alive. It is because of cases like
this that awareness needs to be spread about the importance of giving the option to terminally ill
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