However, such a statement fails to note that virtually all pain can be eliminated or at least reduced significantly if proper treatment is provided. ... Euthanasia, which gives the doctor a legal right to kill, makes the physician the most dangerous man in the state. It gives the medical practitioner power, which can be too easily abused, and a level of responsibility he should not rightly be entitled to have. ... He may give the mistaken diagnosis, his prognoses may be wildly misjudged or he may not be up-to-date in symptom control. ... Yet, giving the doctor the legal right to end somebo...

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Another survey about clinicians' attitudes and practices at the time of death showed that less than 10% provided contact following death.[9] Billings and Koltun[10] found that a note was the most common form of contact (44%). ... The following guidelines, taken from a source devoted to condolences,[11] are offered to assist the clinician in crafting a meaningful correspondence to grieving families: - Identify the deceased by name and acknowledge his/her death - Express sympathy to the family - Note special qualities of the deceased, recall a memory, or identify a legacy left by the de...

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On another note, there has been a decrease in the mortality rate. ... Also it gives the senior squad a sense of importance and that they are wanted. ... It gives the elderly a sense of belonging and importance while keeping t...

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They simply want to leave the world and feel the peace that death will give them (Glass, 1993). ... Suicide notes may be left behind for family members, providing information regarding what to do with remaining finances, and information regarding his/her burial wishes. It usually gives no clue, however, as to why the person committed suicide (Leo, 2001). ...

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Recent studies have begun to see the Homeric epics in the light of other epic traditions, notably epics from Mesopotamia, and have begun to look at striking similarities. There is a supposed lineage that can be seen connecting the Homeric epics most directly with the world of Akkadian epics (Gresset...

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