ally and euthanasia is not the answer; it is murder. Although Pope Pius XII agreed that physicians are not expected to use artificial respiration in situations that are considered "completely hopeless" (Burnell, p.106).
             The question still is, whose viewpoint really matters? It should always rely on what the terminally ill patient agrees upon, that's the whole concept of the "right to die". If the patient is not in a sound state of mind, for example a coma, then who decides? The patient needs to be aware of the importance of writing a "living will" before they get to a stage in their illness that is that prevents a rational choice. Then, without questioning, the doctors know what the patient's wishes are. If no "living will" is available, families will step in to make the decision or are doctors the more qualified ones to make the moral judgments because of their medical expertise? Families may actually have more difficulty coping with the dying process than the one who is going through the suffering. While doctors have had little training in medical school dealing with ethical problems and comforting families they do realize, because of their expertise, the outcome with or without further treatment. (Burnell, p.159)
             Patients do not want to prolong the dying process, if they have the choice to stop the suffering and chronic pain. The patient does not want to prolong life, if it is not considered living. They want to have the freedom to choose and the right to die, and to die with dignity.
             "Euthanasia is not the answer"
             "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The lord gave and the
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