Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review

Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review

The goal of this thesis is to investigate the literature on physician-assisted death (PAD) in the United States and argue for the legalization of PAD. This thesis discusses the historical and contemporary legal literature of PAD as well as the concerns voiced by opponents of PAD. This thesis address...

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Main Author: Young, Aleena
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2015
Subjects:
Physician-assisted death
legalization
arguments
united states
mandatory psychiatric review
literature review
Psychology
Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1130
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spelling ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-cmc_theses-21972015-05-20T03:33:28Z Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review Young, Aleena The goal of this thesis is to investigate the literature on physician-assisted death (PAD) in the United States and argue for the legalization of PAD. This thesis discusses the historical and contemporary legal literature of PAD as well as the concerns voiced by opponents of PAD. This thesis addresses the concerns of PAD opponents and invalidating some concerns and and attenuating others. Proper implementation of PAD is proposed via Mandatory Psychiatric Review (MPR) and other psychological services. Further improvements needed in PAD policy are discussed as well as the current benefits of PAD. 2015-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1130 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2197&context=cmc_theses © 2015 Aleena E. Young default CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont Physician-assisted death legalization arguments united states mandatory psychiatric review literature review Psychology
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topic Physician-assisted death
legalization
arguments
united states
mandatory psychiatric review
literature review
Psychology
spellingShingle Physician-assisted death
legalization
arguments
united states
mandatory psychiatric review
literature review
Psychology
Young, Aleena
Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review
description The goal of this thesis is to investigate the literature on physician-assisted death (PAD) in the United States and argue for the legalization of PAD. This thesis discusses the historical and contemporary legal literature of PAD as well as the concerns voiced by opponents of PAD. This thesis addresses the concerns of PAD opponents and invalidating some concerns and and attenuating others. Proper implementation of PAD is proposed via Mandatory Psychiatric Review (MPR) and other psychological services. Further improvements needed in PAD policy are discussed as well as the current benefits of PAD.
author Young, Aleena
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title Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review
title_short Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review
title_full Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review
title_fullStr Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Physician-Assisted Death (PAD) in the United States: Arguments for Legalization through a Literature Review
title_sort physician-assisted death (pad) in the united states: arguments for legalization through a literature review
publisher Scholarship @ Claremont
publishDate 2015
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