ICW 11/1/11

The problem is that the act of physican assisted suicide is in violation of the Hippocratic Oath.  It is important becuase in the Hippocratic Oath a physican/doctor is not supposed to hurt their patients or give them anything that will end their life prematurely.  The people affected are the physicans/doctors who euthanize their patients as well as the patient and the patients family.  People might disagree that euthanasia is does not violate the Hippocratic Oath because physicians/doctors are no longer required to take this oath and it is what the patient wants.  Another reason people might disagree is becuase if the patient wants to end their life due to some incurable disease or illness, they might see it as the physicians/doctors right to give them a drug that will end their life painlessly, instead of the patient having to live while suffering.