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Byock, I. (2016). The case against physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The Oxford

handbook of ethics at the end of life, 366.

The article is by Byock (2016) and it presents the case against physician-assisted suicide and euthanansia. It seems the source is arguing against allowing euthanasia and the physician assisted suicide. It presents the case that the euthanasia and suicide weakens the moral grounding as well as the structural integrity of the medical profession when it is allowed. This source is using evidence such as articles and peer reviewed sources to support the argument against euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. A counterargument for one of the provided sources could be that the euthanasia and physician assisted suicide has been used to alleviate suffering of various people who face pain in their lives. Personally, I believe the source is doing a good job of supporting its arguments because it has cited sources which are peer reviewed. At the same time, the authors have also cited each section with the source that has supported the argument. I think this source will be very helpful in supporting my argument because it has good points on why euthanasia and physician assisted suicide should not be allowed.

Brueck, M. A., & Sulmasy, D. P. (2019). The genealogy of death: A chronology of US

organizations promoting euthanasia and assisted suicide. Palliative &

supportive care, 17(5), 604-608.

The source is by Brueck (2019) and it looks at the organizations in the United States which promote assisted suicide and euthanasia. It seems the source is arguing that there are several organizations which continue to come up and exist over the years in the United States supporting euthanasia. The source is using evidence from peer reviewed sources such as journals and government registration documents. Official government websites and those of organizations are used as part of the material. A counterargument for one of the provided sources could be that these organizations have struggled to get euthanasia and assisted suicide legalized in the United States. Personally I believe the source the doing a good job in supporting its arguments because it has exhaustively looked at the genealogy of the organizations which have pushed for legalization of the two items over the years in the United States. I think this source will be very helpful in supporting my argument because it shows the organizations which have fought for the legalization but have failed over the years because of the approach and what they have stood for.

Elmore, J., Wright, D. K., & Paradis, M. (2018). Nurses’ moral experiences of assisted

death: A meta-synthesis of qualitative research. Nursing Ethics, 25(8), 955-972.

The authors of this article look at the moral experiences of nurses when it comes to assisted death. It seems this source is arguing that the experiences and perspectives of nurses are underrepresented in the ethical discourses about assisted death. The source is using six databases to support the argument: CINAHL, Medline, EMBASE, Joanna Briggs Institute, PsycINFO, and Web of Science. A counterargument for one of the provided sources could be that the views are not taken from nurses on the ground working but using databases which might not be reliable and valid. Personally, I believe the source is doing a good job of supporting its arguments because it represents the results which are 879 from these databases. The databases are credible sources on medical data. I think this source will be very helpful in supporting my argument because it represents the views of the nurses who are actually working with the patients till their last moments. The