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Physicians often face complex and painful issues. Given the prevailing current thinking in the United States, how can a physician decide what is the ethical thing to do when asked about assisted suicide? How can the physician respect the patient's wishes and still maintain an ethical practice of medicine? Please answer this in your own words without references to websites or articles.

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This solution discusses the ethics with physician assisted suicide in relation to the Hippocrates oath and the duties of a medical practitioner in such a situation.

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