lves causing the death of a person through a direct action, in response to a request from that person. A well known example was the mercy killing in 1998 of a patient with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) by Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a Michigan physician. His patient was frightened that the advancing disease would cause him to die a horrible death in the near future: he wanted a quick and painless exit from life. Dr. Kevorkian injected controlled substances into the patient, causing death. Charged with 1st degree murder, the jury found him guilty of 2nd degree murder in March 1999.
             More people are willing to accept Passive Euthanasia over Active Euthanasia, as in some cases it is permissible to withhold treatment and allow a patient to die, but it is never permissible to take any direct action designed to kill a patient. This doctrine seems to be accepted by most doctors and it is endorsed by the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association
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