His writings not only had a great impact on the content of Greek medical thought, but also on the ethics of medical practice. ... There are arguments against this however, such as the one made by Margaret Somerville, the founding director of the McGill Center for Medicine, Ethics, and Law against those who support physician-assisted suicide. ... By making this treatment legal, pro-life activists believe it would be the first step in allowing doctor's to make their own choices in determining if a person's life is worth living. ...

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It has allowed the public to support the idea of having the right-to-die, favoring possible physician assisted suicide when appropriate and has led to patient legal rights including the ability, through medical directives, to refuses any further rather life-saving techniques, such as do not resuscitate directives, that had typically been used in the past to prolong patients' lives. ... He truly believed that ethics and death comes hand-in-hand in relieving the suffering of those who need compassion the most. ...

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Abstract Modern medical technology has made it possible to extend the lives of many far beyond when they would have died in the past. Death, in modern times, often ensures a long and painful fall where one loses control both physically and emotionally. Some individuals embrace the time that moder...

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In response to this, some medical schools have started teaching students how to break bad news to patients.11 The Ethics in Medicine Web site at the University of Washington School of Medicine contains a six-step protocol titled "Breaking Bad News." ... Negligence is the departure from the standard of due care toward patients and includes intentionally imposing unreasonable risks as well as unintentionally imposing risks through carelessness.1 Nurses can be held morally and legally blameworthy if they fail to provide care that avoids or minimizes the risk of harm to patients. ... The patie...

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Many people even to this day argue about the ethics of mercy killing and whether or not it should be legalized. ... It is clear that allowing a society to take their own lives, legally, could have very serious side effects. ... These are just a couple of things for which no legal right exists. ...

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