Society's search for a legal and ethical basis of physician-assisted suicide

Article Abstract:

Religious institutions should take a more active role in the development of physician-assisted suicide parameters. Although several areas have already impacted the debate, including legislation, litigation and physician conscience, religions focus on issues of individual existence within the community. This emphasis on autonomy and society encourages a balanced dialog.

Assisted suicide, Ethical aspects

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How will we get there from here? Placing transportation on the aging policy agenda

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This article examines transportation policy and how it affects the rising population of the elderly. The author argues that current public transportation does not meet the needs of the older population, and driving often becomes hazardous for people over the age of seventy-five, therefore new policies must be implemented within the next ten years.

United States, Aged, Elderly, Planning, Social policy, Transportation policy, Transportation

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