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• Define the terms euthanasia, assisted suicide, mercy killing.

• What arguments are used by pro euthanasia groups to support their opinion?

• What arguments are used by anti euthanasia groups to support their opinion?

• Doctors take the "Hippocratic oath" and dedicate themselves to saving lives.  Does the practice of euthanasia contradict this oath?

• Is euthanasia a moral or legal issue?

• What controversial problems arise during the discussion of euthanasia legislation?

• Should each individual case be decided by a judge?

• Who is Dr. Jack Kevorkian?

• What is a "living will"?

• Does your country support the idea of a "living will"?

• What is the Dutch position on euthanasia?

• Based on your research, is euthanasia mercy or murder?

• Euthanasia Special Report -includes an overview of euthanasia laws, case studies, and perspectives on the issue. From the BBC.

• Voluntary Euthanasia - from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

• Oregon - Death With Dignity Act Annual Report - from the State of Oregon Health Division.

• The Ethics of Assisted Suicide  - from PBS.

• Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide - all sides - primer on the issue that looks at beliefs about suicide and euthanasia, and surveys the religious and ethical aspects of the issue. From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.

• Compassion and Choices - works for "the freedom to choose a dignified death and for individual control concerning death."

• Not Dead Yet - organization of disability activists opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia.

• Radio Netherlands - Boundaries of Euthanasia

• Legalization of Euthanasia in the Netherlands

• Find Law:  Terri Schiavo Case - includes legal documents related to Schiavo case as well as information on legal issues involving healthcare directives, death and dying.

• Wikipedia - Terri Schiavo -  hyperlinked article about the Florida case surrounding Terri Schiavo, whose persistent vegetative state has brought about issues of her right to die and her family's rights to remove her feeding tube.