Last updated on:
1/5/2009 |
Author: ProCon.org
Ian Dowbiggin, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Professor of History at the University of Prince Edward Island
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should Euthanasia or Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“I am opposed to legalizing PAS [physician-assisted suicide] because I believe that the harm outweighs the benefits of doing so from a clinical, ethical, social, and economic perspective.”
Email to Euthanasia ProCon.org, January 5, 2007
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to end-of-life issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to end-of-life. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor of History, University of Prince Edward Island
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, History of Psychiatry
- Education:
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- PhD, History, University of Rochester, 1986
- MA, University of Toronto, 1980
- BA, MacMaster University, 1975
- Other:
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