Physician-Assisted Suicide

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This paper states physician-assisted suicide as a violation of the purpose of medical practice, which is to heal. The paper claims that no matter how compelling a patient's case may be, physicians should not go against their purpose, which is to heal.

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"Physician-assisted suicide has been regarded by some as a logical adjunct to treatment of the terminally ill. It is becoming fairly widely accepted on the basis that it relieves suffering and empowers the patient to facilitate that relief However these arguments gloss over the true foundational issue underlying physician-assisted suicide complicity to render an unethical practice acceptable by cloaking it in the guise of mercy. Brody and Miller state categorically, "If medicine is essentially a healing enterprise then physicians should never help patients die.' They reference Leon Kass ..."

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