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Harris, D, B Richard, and P Khanna. “Assisted Dying: The Ongoing Debate.” //Postgraduate Medical Journal// 82.970 (2006): 479–482. In the paper entitled “//Assisted dying: the ongoing debate//,” the authors argue that physician assisted death is a hotly debated subject which has already been legalized in certain countries but not the UK. Surveys that have been carried out have shown that 82% of the public and 56% of physicians support assisted dying. Furthermore, it is estimated that if legalized in the UK, there will be 13,000 deaths annually that are directly attributed to assisted suicide (Harris, Richard & Khanna 479). Those who support assisted death say that a patient has an ethical right of making personal decision while those who oppose argue the law is against human rights. The authors conclude by saying that a “good death” has remained an issue that means different things to different people. This is the main reason why the general public and medical profession has remained divided on the legalization of physician-assisted death.

Gregory Bouie