title: An analysis of arguments for and against euthanasia and assisted suicide: Part one.
authors.affiliation: Medical Humanities Program, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Thomasma
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D032981:Dehumanization; D036262:Empirical Research; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033101:Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary; D005610:Freedom; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D026706:Paternalism; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011640:Public Policy; D012945:Social Values; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D026712:Value of Life; D035761:Wedge Argument