Euthanasia "To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug, nor give advice which may cause death." -Oath of Hippocrates This phrase alone supports the very battle cry of those who oppose euthanasia. Their efforts have gone as far as to help make laws forbidding doctor-assisted suicide, including strict procedures for medical staff to determine the competency of an ill patient. But then there are those who wish to "make it easier on themselves" …showed first 75 words of 1793 total…

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