act doctors are reluctant to accept euthanasia in their practice, they may discourage their patients from opting for it. Several complications arise at this point. Even if euthanasia is legalized, will doctors accept the new treatment and will patients be able to go to any doctor before worrying about whether or not the doctor will accept euthanasia when the time comes? The doctor-patient relationship and the ethical connotations of euthanasia are really important to my argument too. "Dr. Malcolm C. Todd, president-elect of the American Medical Association, told the press that mercy killings have their place in certain uncorrectable fatal illnesses, but that decisions in such cases should not be left to the attending physician alone," (Russell, 46). ...
