Week 11 Discussion - Chapter 5: Death and Dying

Discussion Questions

Week 11, Both questions should be a total of 500 words combined

1. From  Chapter 5: Death and Dying (O. Carter Snead): For this question, please answer the following: (a) What issues does Snead identify with Oregon's Death With Dignity Act? (see the "Critiquing and Reforming the Law of Assisted Suicide" section, pp. 196-202; and (b) Compare and contrast your answer in (a) with how Beauchamp and Childress respond to the "Slippery Slope" objection raised against physician-assisted suicide as it relates to Oregon's Death With Dignity Act (see Beauchamp and Childress Chapter 5: Nonmaleficence, pp. 136-141).

2. From  Chapter 8: Medicine at the End of Life (Curlin & Tollefsen 154-179): Please offer some personal reflections (i.e., a few short paragraphs) on which argument(s) or point(s) stood out to you the most or that you found most intriguing in this chapter