In the article titled Canada backs doctor-assisted suicide the author describes how Canada's supreme court has ruled that doctors may help certain patients in the act of suicide. First, the author explains the laws about assisted suicide in Canada. Next, the author informs readers about the differing opinions in Canada. Also, the author points out that the assisted-suicide is only for patients with an incurable disease that causes intolerable suffering. In addition, the author mentions that the right to life, given to Canadian citizens in their own "Bill of Rights", does not require a prohibition on the assistance of dying. Finally, the author concludes by listing diseases and cases in which patients have used assistance in their own suicide.
The tone of this article is one of tragedy and objective.
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