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We cannot always be sure that the patient wants to die
There are no absolute certainties in medical practice but this does not eliminate the need, at times, for doctors to make life and death decisions. Faced with a request for euthanasia, the doctor would follow prescribed guidelines which would include being satisfied that the strength and persistence of the request left no reasonable doubt as to the patient’s firm and rational intention.
We cannot always be sure that there is no possibil...
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