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Moreover, the vows that physicians make in the Hippocratic Oath, guidelines for all doctors and physicians to follow, states that they “must relieve the suffering of the patient by all means necessary” (Stiles 9). Many believe that physicians might end the lives of patients without permission. However, doctors say this is untrue because a patient would have to request assistance in their death. Stated in the Hippocratic Oath, “I will give no deadly medicine to anyone if asked, nor suggest any such counsel” (12). Therefore, a physician would continue to preserve the lives of patients as long as possible. However, even though doctors are required to protect the lives of their patients, they “are not morally required to use extraordinary efforts to prolong a dying patient’s life” (Chopko 3). Therefore, they are not mandated to involve themselves physically, nor emotionally with patients. My mother is a nurse; and due to these guidelines, she could do absolutely nothing for my grandmother.
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