... treatment, leaving their condition to run it's course, without resuscitation. . Many people debate this issue stating that they believe that by participating in the practice of active euthanasia, that they are "playing God," but isn't that what doctors are already doing by trying to keep their patients alive? Or perhaps, even worse, that they ... believe that people who support euthanasia are not acting out of mercy, but rather out of selfishness or that they are just giving up. People also think that it is just a fancy ... is choosing to die and merely asking for assistance by another...

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... of assisted-death object that physician participation in assisting people to die violates the basic moral obligations of physicians to do no harm. The debate about the desirability of legalizing euthanasia (painless termination of life to end a terminally ill patient's suffering) raises a lot of ethical and legal questions, from how to assess the competency of those requesting death to whether, and ... to what degree, physician or nurse involvement is necessary for those seeking to end their lives. Early in 1996 two federal court decisions overturned bans on assisted suicide in New York...

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