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Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing

Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing

Update: 2024-09-30

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Whether to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia is one of the most culturally contentious — and important — public policy debates of our time. Supporters of legalization call it a compassionate “last resort” means of preventing unnecessary suffering and promoting autonomy. Opponents see the intentional ending of the lives of the ill as a profound abandonment and a path to Read More ›

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Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing

Richard Weikart on Medicine’s Descent from Healing to Killing

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