standard of life has been reduced to the point of meaningless, when doctors can no longer help, and perhaps the pain has become unbearable? At this point, if the

person is of sound mind, they should have the choice to continue on or to peacefully die, even if they need assistance in doing so. I believe that the doctor should be allowed to decide if the patient has reached the point of only getting worse and in considerable pain.

In any of these situations a doctor should be at least an advisor, they are the ones with the medical knowledge, and know the present condition of the patient and the alternatives. The advances of technology have disturbed the natural balance of life and death. With the assistance of life- support, a person no longer dies when they are supposed to. People opposing euthanasia say doctors should not play God by killing patients, but do they realize that by prolonging death the medical profession is doing exactly that? Doctors are not always responsible to do everything they can to save somebody. If a doctor's duty is to ease the pain of his patients, then why should this exclude the possibility of letting them die? If a patient has a terminal illness and is in great pain and the patient thinks they would rather d

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