Euthanasia — The Need for Procedural Safeguards

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ACTIVE euthanasia is the deliberate termination of a patient's life in order to prevent further suffering. In ethical discussions this has been seen as different from the withholding of life-sustaining treatment or the administration of a drug, such as morphine, that may hasten death but that has another primary purpose.Over the years, a large body of literature has been published for and against active euthanasia.1 2 3 4 5 6 The discussion turns on the tension between the ethical imperative to alleviate suffering, particularly in terminally ill patients who make a conscious decision to end their lives, and the proscription against participation by physicians . . .

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