Works Cited

Bachman, Jerald G., PhD, Kirsten H. Alcser, PhD, David J. Doukas, PhD, Richard L.
Lichtenstein, PhD, and Amy D. Corning, MA. "Attitudes of Michigan Physicians and the
Public toward Legalizing Physician-assisted Suicide and Voluntary Euthanasia."
ProQuest. The New England Journal of Medicine, 1 Feb. 1996. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.
In this article Bachman talks about how physicians and the general public feel towards
the act of terminating a life this way. He starts off by talking about how this is a common debate
in todays society. Most of the people asked about this topic in the questionnaire that was mailed
to them said that they preferred for the law to not be banned.
This source was very relevant to my research. It gave me an idea of how physicians feel
toward this act. It also helped me understand the difference between not caring about it and
strongly opposing or supporting the act. Seeing that this article came from a database, I am very
confident that this source is reliable. I am not sure if this source is biased or unbiased. The people
that wrote this are general people and they probably have an opinion about this, but it is unclear
as to whether or not they are for or against this.
Brewer, Graham. Spilled Bottle of Pills. Digital image. Oklahoma Watch. Institute for Non Profit
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Chan, Amanda. "The 10 Deadliest Cancers and Why There's No Cure." LiveScience. TechMedia
Network, 10 Sept. 2010. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.
This source is a list of ten different kinds of cancers. I used this source to give

background on the people in my fictitious story. It gave numbers of deaths over the course of a
year for each disease. It also gave a quick explanation of each different kind of deadly cancer.
This source was relevant to my research because it gave a more solid piece of evidence to
my project. It was relevant because of the number of deaths. The number of deaths helped me
decide which one was best for my storyline. I think that this source is biased because of all the
information the average person knows about cancer. The author was likely swayed in this article
because of the information she already knew about the topic.
Consent for Euthanasia Form. Digital image. Smart Practice. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
Engber, Daniel. "How Does Assisted Suicide Work?" Slate. The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings
Company, 6 Oct. 2005. Web. 27 Apr. 2016.
Fass, Jennifer, and Andrea Fass. "Medscape Log In." Medscape Log In. Medscape, 29 Apr. 2016.
Web. 29 Apr. 2016.
Lee, Daniel E. "Physician-assisted Suicide: A Conservative Critique of Intervention." ProQuest.
The Hastings Center Report, 2003. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.
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Serenity Carr. Britannica, n.d. Web. 03 May 2016.
Paul, Pamela. "Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide." ProQuest. American Demographics, Nov.
2002. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.
This article, written by Pamela Paul, explores the differences between assisted suicide
and euthanasia. In the article she talks about a poll that has been conducted over the past 55
years. It says that there is an increasing support for euthanasia.
This source wasnt very relevant to my research because of the redundancy of the
information. It had the least amount of information of all my sources and it was the most

irrelevant of my larger sources. I do think this is reliable information because it is in a database.

I think that this source is unbiased and very easy to interpret.
Stevens, Kenneth R., Jr. "Emotional and Psychological Effects of Physician-Assisted Suicide and
Euthanasia on Participating Physicians." ProQuest. Issues in Law & Medicine, 2006.
Web. 22 Apr. 2016.
Sullivan, Molly. "Ethics of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia." ProQuest. Nursing Management,
Mar. 1999. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.
Veterinary Euthanasia Record Form Pads. Digital image. Deluxe. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2016.
Wilson, Keith G., John F. Scott, Ian D. Graham, and Jean F. Kozak. "Attitudes of Terminally Ill
Patients toward Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide." Archives of Internal
Medicine 160.16 (2000): n. pag. ProQuest. Web. 22 Apr. 2016.
In this article the authors explore how the terminally ill feel towards this act. They
investigated the personal attitudes toward these practices of patients receiving care for advanced
cancer. They did a test involving seventy patients. 73% of the patients believe that euthanasia or
physician-assisted suicide should be legalized. Patients who were against legalization were
opposed because of moral and religious reasons. The most interesting thing about this article was
that 12% of these patients would have requested to commit this act at the time of the interview.
This source was very relevant to my research. It helped me to understand how most
terminally ill patients feel towards this act. It is different from my other research because it
comes from the point of view of a patient. It is reliable information for two reasons. One it is on
a very credited database and two it is written by many authors which makes it more reliable. This
article is objective because it never once says the word I and it also never says anything from the
opinion of the authors.