Euthanasia Euthanasia was legalized in Oregon in 1997. It caused an uproar among many people. Some say it should be legal, while others do not think it should be. Euthanasia might be more commonly known as physician-assisted suicide, is the act of receiving a prescription drug and taking it in order to end their life of suffering. It is for the terminally ill who have less than six months to live. This article has many authors. they are Arthur E. Chin, M.D., Katrina Hedberg, M.D., Grant K. Higginson, M.D., M.P.H, and David W. Fleming, M.D. M.D. means medical doctor, while M.P.H. means masters in public health. All of these authors are medical doctors, therefore they have experience and knowledge. This article starts out by explaining what physician assisted suicide actually is. Oregon was the first state to legalize euthanasia, and have an act called Death with Dignity. This act lets terminally ill patients take a drug that is …show more content…
It brings forth a lot of good, reliable information. The authors are medical doctors, and I believe they are reliable and accurate in the research. This article is about five pages in length. It may be considered short, but there is a lot of information in it. It discusses many things, and it will be very helpful. Update: I changed my topic to euthanasia and dementia. One reason that I am changing it is because someone else in the class is doing their topic of euthanasia. Another reason is this topic interests me. I work with a lot of people who have a form of dementia, and learning about their disease will be helpful. I plan to talk about both euthanasia and dementia separately, then tying them in together. Ever since I changed my topic I do not think all of the information in the article will be useful to me. It is a good article, but now most of it is irrelevant. I might use some information in the article in my paper, but it will not be very