There are various points of agreement and disagreement in the body of the two essays. Battin believes that the "opposition to euthanasia is in serious moral error-on grounds of mercy, autonomy, and ju

Battin and Schofield are in agreement in regard to the use of hospices. "Particularly impressive are the huge advances under the hospice program in the amelioration of both the physical and emotional pain of terminal illness, and our culturewide fears of pain in terminal cancer are no longer justified: Cancer pain, when it occurs, can now be controlled in virtually all cases. We can now end the pain without also ending the life," says Battin. Schofield says that "hospices are in the business of dying, but living right up to the end." Doctors care for the needs of the patients and attempt to keep pain at a minimum. The patient must be allowed to face death with dignity, in the true sense of the word. It seems as though Battin is for the use of assisted-suicide as a last resort. If measures can be taken so that euthanasia can be avoided, a hospice is the better alternative.

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