Webster's Dictionary defines euthanasia as a painless and easy death. ... However the issues that surround euthanasia are not only about death, they are about one's liberty, right to privacy, and control over one's own body. ... One of the most common types of passive euthanasia is giving a patient large doses of morphine to control pain. ... The Hippocratic Oath that doctors take states that, "I will not give poison to anyone, though asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a plan". ... The issue of physician assisted suicide was interesting to me because in 1992, my grandfather...

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