Physician assisted suicide

Health & Safety: Topic Proposal

1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.

My topic is the physician assisted suicide and whether people have the right to use it in extreme situations. Physician assisted suicide is a technique used in Oregon that helps terminally ill patients end their lives so they can prevent too much pain.

2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.

Physician assisted suicide should be legal because making it illegal would break the 14th amendment.

3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?

People who are interested in government involvement in their lives would find this case interesting.

4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.

Members: rights, "God's plan", 14th amendment, terminally ill
Non-members: depression cases
Borderline: physicians right to perform physician assisted suicide