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Handout
National Institutes of Health

Ncbi: What Does Cruzan Mean to the Practicing Physician?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses patient rights in regards to refusing treatment that may save their lives. The Supreme court held that patients have a constitutional right to refuse treatment.
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Website
ProCon.org

Pro Con: Should Euthanasia Be Legal?

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a site for an in-depth look at the question "Should euthanasia be legal?" The topic is thoroughly discussed and is divided into issues with responses in a pro-con format. Includes links to much more information on the left.
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Handout
Stanford University

Stanford University: Voluntary Euthanasia

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-reasoned and thoughtful discussion regarding the issues surrounding a person who wants to die. The author examines the conditions needed to make a case for assisted suicide and objections to allowing voluntary euthanasia.
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Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: The Trials of Dr. Jack Kevorkian (1992 99)

For Students 9th - 10th
He called his invention "the thanatron." It was an inexpensive contraption. A jewelry chain, parts from an Erector Set, an old motor, an intravenous line, and three plastic bottles. One of the bottles contained a saline solution, another...