
I am interested in this topic because one day I plan on becoming a healthcare professional and I also currently work in a hospital so I know first hand the situations where this topic would come into play. I feel passionately about physician assisted suicide (PAS), because I think that terminally ill patients should have the choice on whether or not they want to end their suffering by taking their life. Its Their life, the government nor should anybody else be able to decide for them when they can die, its every humans natural right to decide how they live their lives and in certain situations when they want to end it. Even though I do not have personal experience regarding Physician Assisted suicide, I still think that it is very important, because one day we could all be in a situation where this does directly effect us. I am qualified to write about this topic due to the numerous amounts of research I have conducted by readying articles, first hand accounts and medical journals that directly pertained to physician assisted suicide. The three sources that I have found differ greatly on their viewpoints on physician assisted suicide. One uses factual information just to give the reader a good understand of what exactly physician assisted suicide is and what all goes into it. The other two give a good insight into the arguments both for and against PAS. 

For my first source its central claim not only gives the reader a good understanding of what PAS is exactly, but it also tells the reader the numerous situations when PAS could potentially be an option for a person. The major values that I think contributed greatly to this article are that it showed very little to no bias which allows the reader to get a completely unbiased look at the topic which really helps to form their own opinions about the topic without being influenced by someone else. Lastly, the author of this article is Sulmasy Snyder, an MD who knows first hand the consequences and the benefits of Physician assisted suicide, throughout her article she also uses other physician's input as well to further strengthen her reasoning.

My second source's central claim is that if PAS Is allowed in all states there should be very strict guidelines to decide whether or not a person can choose to have physician help them to take their life. For instance, only people who are terminally ill with a disease that keeps them in continuous pain, not depression should be allowed to use PAS. While I do agree with some parts of this article, I think that It is hard to determine on which Bases a person should be allowed to use PAS, because in away some one suffering from depression could feel as if they are in continuous pain. The major values of this article is that guidelines for PAS usage will have to be strictly monitored. The author of this article is Christopher Hale, he is the executive director at Catholics in alliance for common good and the co-founder of millennial. He has also written numerous articles on many other controversial issues. 

 My third article's central claim is that the use of PAS Is not only moral, but it is also caring, because allowing someone who is in pain to take away their suffering is the most caring thing that we can do and it uses first hand accounts where people who have had to watch a loved one slowly die while in pain and how they would have done anything to take that pain away and let them die in peace. The major values of this article is that it uses pathos throughout its entirety to help people see the pros of having PAS made legal across the united states. The author of this article was Howard Ball has his Ph.D. from Rutgers University and his areas of expertise include constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights and American Government.

This research question is arguable, because there are two definite ways you can feel towards PAS and there's evidence to support either side. Through my research I have found that although there are the two definite sides of this argument, a lot of people found that it is hard to pick a side because while although they may feel passionate towards one particular side there is also attributes of the other that they feel strongly about as well. The different perspectives on this topic affect my own stance in different ways, because while some help to reaffirm my stance others make me questions how I truly feel towards this topic. The only way that my research questions might could be revised is to narrow it down, because I have found that it might be hard to fully prove the research question I have now in the number of pages allowed.     
