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Old 08-27-2008, 01:37 PM
fantASTic fantASTic is offline
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Originally Posted by AOII Angel View Post
Having a physician assist in a suicide is asking him/her to disregard the first tenant of medicine "First do no harm."
Can it not be argued that by allowing a patient to live who suffers greatly every day and wishes to not live, the physician is assisting in the harm of that patient?

ETA: I see it was already answered - my bad!
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