rding to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patient and abstain from whatever is harmful or mischievous. I will neither prescribe nor administer a lethal dose of medicine to any patient even if asked nor counsel any such thing nor perform act or omission with direct intent deliberately to end a human life".(icon.com 2003) This oath taken by doctors completely contradicts the mere practice of euthanasia. Physicians are denying patients care to the full extent when they assist them in committing suicide. One example of a physician who went against that oath is Doctor Jake Kevorkian. Since Dr. Kevorkian admitted on national television to performing euthanasia in 130 deaths successfully, the debate about assisted death has received a lot of attention (Hyde 1
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