profession is in the area of advancements in technologies. It is not likely that all research into cures for serious diseases would halt with the legalization of PAS, but it seems reasonable that the fight for the cure could be greatly impacted if more patients were given death as an option. Without as many patients voicing their pain and outrage at having to suffer through these debilitating illnesses, it seems likely that the research itself could become less important.
             In a study conducted by Ezekiel J Emanuel it was found that twenty-five percent of the physicians who participated in PAS or euthanasia regretted their decision afterwards because it did not lead the patient or the patients family to a "good death"(Emanuel 5). Several doctors in this study also reported having changed their routine patterns in regards to the care of their patients. These findings helped to illustrate that euthanasia has a negative effective on a doctors view of himself/herself and on the choices he/she must make in their professional lives. By default a doctor is strictly a he
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