So, what is physician-assisted suicide?  ... Death, chose to participate as the first physician to assist in a suicide. ... Kevorkian lost his practice and went to jail a year later for assisting and in result he had assisted in a total of 130 deaths over an 8-year period. ... Kevorkian has mentioned that, "My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience," he said. ... There are many arguments against assisted suicide, as well as arguments in favor of assisted suicide. ...

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The Qur"an justifies medical advances and prohibition against both suicide and euthanasia. ... Over the past decade, Organizations such as the Islamic Organization for medical Science hold regular conferences to deal with issues concerning transplantations, brain death patients, as well as assisted conception, and technology in the intensive care unit. ... Like most traditions, suicide is prohibited as well as euthanasia, abortion of a fetus when the life of the mother is not at risk if the baby is born. ...

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