Wolf argues that the freedom to refuse treatment on the grounds of unwanted bodily invasion does not seem to extend to cover cases of physician-assisted suicide because:
A) Not all physician-assisted suicides will be for the explicit purposes of avoiding bodily invasion.
B) Physician-assisted suicide itself involves a voluntary bodily invasion for the purposes of causing death.
C) Not all refusals of treatment on the grounds of unwanted bodily invasion will lead to death.
D) Unlike euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide does not generally involve any form of bodily invasion.

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Physician-assisted suicide involves a voluntary act of taking medication or undergoing a procedure that directly causes death, which can be seen as a form of bodily invasion, contrasting with the concept of refusing treatment to avoid such invasion.

Wolf Argues That the Freedom to Refuse Treatment on the Grounds