... withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments is generally accepted. Some critic's fear that based on this, euthanasia is simply a step away."(Fiesta, J., "Legal aspects of Physician-assisted suicide". Nursing Management, p.28, 1997.) Legalization would require governments to regulate the process. Some critics suggest that the legal system would have a hard time controlling euthanasia because physicians and patients act privately ... oppose euthanasia think physicians can be wrong in estimating how much time a patient has left, causing unnecessary deaths. They believe that the pub...

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