Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide

Introduction
The history of the debate for physician assisted suicide has been long, tracing back to the Greek and Roman times. The term euthanasia is actually a Greek word meaning "good" or "noble death," which was coined in the seventeenth century by Francis Bacon (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). The term was later abused, when German physicians willingly participated in the killing of more than 200,000 helpless people. Anyone that was physically disabled, had mental illness, babies born with birth defects, senile elderly, and even wounded German soldiers were all intentionally killed because of their disabilities (1,3,5). All of which turned the word meaning "good death" in to a bad one. Over the years, religion, as well as the Hippocratic Oath caused many physicians to condemn the practice. However, since people are now living longer, euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (PAS) are starting to become more accepted.
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