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Right to Die, AIDS & the Health Care Practice

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1. Take a position on the following statement

Our current acceptance of a right to die, especially for those who are unconscious and need a proxy decision maker, is a rather slippery slope that may, in the future, be used not to protect individual autonomy or privacy but rather to serve as a facade to rid us of individuals whose lives we do not value.

2. Take a position indicating what the healthcare profession's legal and moral stance should be and why, on the topic below:

AIDS and the Health Care Practice

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By responding to the two statements, this solution examines aspects of the right to die, as well as what the healthcare profession's legal and moral stance should be concerning AIDS and best health care practice. Supplemented with references presenting the arguments for and against the right the die concept.

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