Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
It’s a matter of life and death. Could you take someone’s life, if it meant ending their misery? This is the dilemma faced by millions of doctors around the world as assisted suicide, the suicide of a patient using doctor prescribed medication, takes a stance in current politics. However, the Hippocratic Oath, taken by all doctors, promises that all lives will be protected and preserved, and is a direct contradiction to the idea of assisted suicide.
Those in the…
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