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PBHE215 WEEK6 ASSIGNMENT.docx PBHE215 The Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicides (PAS) and the Implications it has on Health Service Managers and Health Economics Ame... rican Military University PBHE215 The Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding Physician-Assisted Suicides (PAS) and the Implications it has on Health Service Managers and Health Economics Introduction The increase of scientific knowledge in the medical field has led to a willingness to discuss end-of-life decision-making with the healthcare team, patients, and community as a whole. While this could be attributed to a decline in religious beliefs or perhaps a change of ideals relating to the Oath of Hippocrates. Regardless of the reason, physician-assisted suicide was propelled into the view of society in the early 1990s and still a topic of interest raising both ethical and legal issues. Historically and in the near future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Show More]

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