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Essay / The Morality and Legality of the Hippocratic Oath
Partisans will argue about an endemic number of misdiagnoses, but the simple numbers do not bear this out. Moreover, terminally ill patients usually exhaust all possibilities before opting for such a decision. The figures indicate that we will spend over 33 billion on palliative and home care, for a healthcare system that is becoming unmanageable and a waste that we simply cannot ignore. Some would say that it is immoral to suggest such a concept by hypocritically ignoring immortality to allow a sick person to suffer needlessly. Ultimately, I think the decision should be between the patient and her doctor and perhaps a death doula should be created to bridge that gap. Although there are many pros and cons, medical professionals always do their best to help patients. Given the equipment they have and technological resources. Doctors and families face very difficult decisions every day: keep trying or give