Overview
Hartocollis's “Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation”
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“A Death of One’s Own”
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"Facing Death"
READ Gawande's "Letting Go: What should medicine do when it can't save your life?"
COMPLETE
Reading Quiz 4
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Euthanasia and the Law Lecture (3 Parts)
DISCUSSION 6 What ethical concerns are raised by the practice of palliative or terminal sedation? Would you take advantage of such a procedure for your loved ones? Why or why not?
DISCUSSION 7 In your view, how does physician-assisted suicide differ ethically from euthanasia? In your view, should physicians have the ethical right to prescribe lethal narcotics to (competent) patients who meet the necessary criteria for terminal illness?
ASSIGNMENT 5 Please prepare responses to any two questions from the Facing Death and "Letting Go" prompt options.