Source 6

Gostin, Lawrence. "Physician-Assisted Suicide - A Legitimate Medical Practice?." jama.jamanework.com. Journal of the American Medical Association, 26/4/2006. Web. 22 Oct 2013. <http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=202726>

This article discusses the legitimacy of physician assisted suicide as a medical practice.  It brings up many points within the Oregon Death with Dignity act to illustrate how physician assisted suicide works.  The author's main point seems to be that physician assisted suicide would cause a sharp decline in end of life care training, and as such is unacceptable.

This article is a good choice for anyone looking to see the possible effects of legalized physician assisted suicide.  It is true that physician assisted suicide is in some cases an alternative to the standard end of life care for some patients, but only in cases where the patient is suffering immensely and has no chance to be cured of their disease.  End of life care for such cases can often include a large amount of painkillers, sometimes even enough to render a patient comatose, so I do not believe that physician assisted suicide would decrease end of life care, simply because it is basically no different than what is happening now.