Compare And Contrast Euthanasia And Physician Assisted Suicide
But, an opponent to euthanasia and physician assisted suicide worries about a slippery slope, what terminal patient’s rights could be abused. Beyond the opposition to euthanasia based on apprehension about latent abuse is the threat of the so-called slippery slope. According to Jeffrey’s theory, legalization of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide would be followed by involuntary euthanasia, involving patients whose individual desires could not be evaluated due to pressure from family or financial circumstance or believe that patient is burden on society (p. 123). It would be a sign of non-voluntary euthanasia. Other people can put to death many terminal patients who understand the circumstance even do not want to die. Legalization of