Skip to main content
profile image
Scholarly Works of Dennis M. Sullivan, M.D.
Article
The New Push for Assisted Suicide
Bioethics in Faith and Practice
  • Dennis Sullivan, Cedarville University
Download
Institution/Affiliation
Cedarville University
About the Author(s)

Dr. Dennis Sullivan is Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of the Center for Bioethics at Cedarville University.

Keywords
  • Assisted suicide,
  • end of life,
  • aid in dying
Disciplines
Abstract

The new push to legalize physician assisted suicide is a bad idea. It violates the Hippocratic tradition, dating back 2400 years. It impairs the trust relationship between doctor and patients, and would detract from modern efforts to improve palliative care and hospice. Finally, it is contrary to clear principles from the God's Word.

Article Number
2
DOI
10.15385/jbfp.2016.2.1.2
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
Disclaimer

DigitalCommons@Cedarville provides a publication platform for fully open access journals, which means that all articles are available on the Internet to all users immediately upon publication. However, the opinions and sentiments expressed by the authors of articles published in our journals do not necessarily indicate the endorsement or reflect the views of DigitalCommons@Cedarville, the Centennial Library, or Cedarville University and its employees. The authors are solely responsible for the content of their work. Please address questions to dc@cedarville.edu.

Citation Information
Dennis Sullivan. "The New Push for Assisted Suicide"
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dennis_sullivan/239/