1. The proposed topic is on physician assisted suicide, especially arguing that patients should not be given the prerogative to opt in resorting in ending one’s life, especially for those with chronic, debilitating illnesses and terminal conditions.
2. The topic had been a controversial issue as some societies shun on the option. The recent movie entitled ‘Me Before You’ touched on the topic of euthanasia or physician assisted suicide . As such, one would like to delve more deeply on the topic and determine the rationality or justification for such decisions.
3. The potential thesis statements are as follows:
Should family members, like parents, spouses, or loved ones, be given the prerogative to override patients’ decisions to go through physician assistance suicide?
Looking from the perspectives of patients with terminal illness who are considering physical assisted suicide, are there better alternatives that loved ones could argue to sway or change their decisions?
Should societies be supportive of the increasing popularity of suicide tourism?
4. An initial research on the topic from the Google engine, for instance generated as much as 4.94 million in 0.59 seconds . Concurrently, streamlining the topic for scholarly sources generated 17,400 results in 0.08 seconds . As such, the possible sources to be used for the current research in MLA format are listed below:
CNN Library. "Physician-Assisted Suicide Fast Facts." 2016. CNN International Edition.
Web. 13 July 2016.
Gauthier, Saskia, et al. "Suicide tourism: a pilot study on the Swiss phenomenon."
Schadenberg, Alex. "New Movie “Me Before You” Promotes Assisted Suicide as “An
Act of Love”." 2 June 2016. LifeNews.com. Web. 13 July 2016.
Steck, Nicole, et al. "Suicide assisted by right-to-die associations: a population based
cohort study." International Journal of Epidemiology (2014): Vol. 43, No. 2, 614-
622. Print.
Works Cited
CNN Library. "Physician-Assisted Suicide Fast Facts." 2016. CNN International Edition. Web. 13 July 2016.
Gauthier, Saskia, et al. "Suicide tourism: a pilot study on the Swiss phenomenon." Journal of Medical Ethics (2014): 1-7. Print.
Google. "Physician Assisted Suicide." 12 July 2016. google.com. Web. 12 July 2016.
Google Scholar. "Scholarly Articles Physician Assisted Suicide." 12 July 2016. scholar.google.com. Web. 12 July 2016.
Schadenberg, Alex. "New Movie “Me Before You” Promotes Assisted Suicide as “An Act of Love”." 2 June 2016. LifeNews.com. Web. 13 July 2016.
Steck, Nicole, et al. "Suicide assisted by right-to-die associations: a population based cohort study." International Journal of Epidemiology (2014): Vol. 43, No. 2, 614-622. Print.
