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PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
Physician-Assisted Suicide: Autonomy, Ethics, Morality, and the End of Life
by Mark Thompson
 | In Physician-Assisted Suicide: Autonomy, Ethics, Morality, and the End of Life, the California legislature, governor, and courts consider approval of the End of Life Option Act (EOLA) to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Players engage in the forty-year debate from 1976-2016 springing from the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, which raised questions about whether there is a right-to-die, the roles of family and physicians, and how the constitutional right to privacy is involved in end-of-life decisions—questions that affect our control over our own existence, our mortality, our morality, what constitutes appropriate medical care, and the relationship between religious persons and their creeds. Decisions about PAS are truly life-and-death decisions. This is a Level 3 game that is still under development but has been approved by the Reacting Editorial Board (REB) for general use. A detailed explanation of the editorial process and game levels can be found on our REB Page. |
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Gamebook All students need a Gamebook, which includes resources and historical content. Members can download the Gamebook, and provide it to students for free or at cost. VERSION 3.1. Updated March 2020. | Instructor's Manual The Instructor's Materials include guidance for assigning roles, presenting historical context, assignments, activities and discussion topics, and more. | Role Sheets and Handouts The Instructor's Materials include guidance for assigning roles, presenting historical context, assignments, activities and discussion topics, and more. |
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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson is a professor of rhetoric in the English department at California State University, Stanislaus. He has taught with RTTP games since 2015 and has written a game, Physician-Assisted Suicide: Autonomy, Ethics, Morality, and the End of Life. His teaching and research interests include teaching teachers, information literacy, and gamification pedagogy. | Reacting and Related Titles
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