... interaction, although they are very much alive. The case I have chosen is the very famous case of Nancy Cruzan, a woman in her thirties that lay in persistive vegetative state for seven years following a motor vehicle accident. She could breathe on her own, but was fed through an abdominal tube. Her ... and she died several weeks later. The applied ethical issue of euthanasia here concerns whether or not it is morally permissible for a third party, such as a physician, to end the life of a patient. At the core of this debate is the issue of compassion, patient autonomy and informed conse...

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