Pro
· Some terminally ill patients are in severe pain and experience intolerable poor quality life.
· Suicide is a legal act that is theoretically available to all. But, people who are terminally ill, hospitalized or disabled may not be able to exercise that right. Therefore discriminating against them because of their disability. They should be given the same option.
· Many people believe tens of millions of people without healthcare coverage can not get appropriate pain management therapy.
· Doctors withhold adequate levels of pain killers because they are concerned that their patients may become addicted, therefore not implementing pain management therapy.
· Total medical funding is not available and making people undergo expensive treatment to prolong life for only a few weeks is not fair.
Con
· Many faith groups within Christian, Muslim, Jewish and other religions believe that God gives life and therefore only God should take it away.
· Many people believe that the pain experienced by terminally patients can be controlled by drugs. Therefore no need for physician assisted suicide.
· Making physician assisted suicide and or euthanasia available, people may be pressured into accepting assistance in dying.
· Some people that seek assistance in dying are not terminally ill or in physical pain, but rather depressed. ( Must have strict controls)
· People fear that people will fear for their lives. That it will become to easy to get rid of problems even if not wanted.
Lesson KWL
The use of KWL chart serves as a helpful method to monitors students understanding of material being covered.
Make a chart using poster board, something to last throughout unit and keep visible so that you can add information as needed. Also to sever as a reminder of purpose for reading.
Before each unit segment complete the K and W of the chart. After completing each unit segment, or as a culmination to the entire unit go back to L to record student's responses.
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Lesson Point of View Poll
The students will complete the poll to summarize material covered. Completed work will serve as notes for final projects.
1) Describe one point of view about Physician-Assisted Suicide.
2) What are the strongest arguments that support this view.
3) List any facts or events that support this view.
4) Describe an opposition point of view about Physician-Assisted Suicide.
5) What are the strongest arguments that support this view.
6) List any facts or events that support this view.
7) Which point of view do you support?
Lesson Research Report (Social Studies, Language Arts and Science)
The students will be given questions to anwser that will require research to answer. The focus question will give them their introduction paragraph. This anwser should repeat the focus question and restate the other questions that they will be answering. The rest of the answer to the other questions should be clear and precise, therefore serving as their paragraphs for their report.
Focus Question: Introduction
What is the connection between medicine ethics and law?
Questions: Body
1. What is the Constitution?
2. What is the Bill of Rights?
3. What is law? A) Who writes the laws? B) Who pass the laws? C) Who enforces the laws?
4. What is an amendment?
5. What is the role of medicine toward human life?
6. What is ethics?
7. What is euthanasia?
8. What is mercy killing?
Choose a case out of the list supplied by your teacher. Tell the specifics of the case.
What was the illness?
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Did the person want to die?
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Did the person ask to be killed? And if so, who did they ask?
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Was the person killed? And if so, by who?
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Did the person ask permission from the law?
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What was the outcome?
Conclusion: Using the case you chose, tell how medicine ethics and law are connected.
Lesson Research and Debate
This lesson invites the students to take a moral position on the issue of euthanasia and mercy killing.
The students will:
1) Demonstrate an understanding of arguments pro and con about physician assisted suicide and mercy killing.
2) Write a persuasive argument that defends their personal position on physician assisted suicide and mercy killing.
3) Stage a formal debate in defense of their position on physician assisted suicide and mercy killing.