For Arras, the most important and legitimate reason in favor of physician-assisted suicide
is
a. some terminally-ill patients suffer severe pain that cannot be effectively
alleviated.
b. the right to control one's own entire life (including one's death) is a basic human
right.
c. the costs of prolonged treatment of the terminally ill are an increasing burden on
society.
d. the right of the physicians to his/her own professional judgment regarding the
advantages or disadvantages of physician-assisted suicide.
e. the growing evidence that most people in our democratic society are in favor of its
legalization.
b
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