【T20】
A.SEEKS TO
B.A HARMFUL ONE
C.HASTEN DEATH
D.AS LONG AS A.HOW MEDICINE【T13】_______RELIEVE DYING PATIENTS OF PAIN AND SUFFERING
B.YOU CAN RISK YOUR PATIENT'S SUICIDE【T14】______YOU DON'T INTEND THEIR SUICID
E.
C.IF THAT MIGHT【T15】______
D.A GOOD ONE THAT IS INTENDED AND【T16】______THAT IS FORESEEN THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISIONS ON PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE CARRY IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR【T17】______. ALTHOUGH IT RULED THAT THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, THE COURT IN EFFECT SUPPORTED THE MEDICAL PRINCIPLE OF 'DOUBLE EFFECT', A CENTURIES-OLD MORALPRINCIPLE HOLDING THAT AN ACTION HAVING TWO EFFECTS—【T18】______—IS PERMISSIBLE IF THEACTOR INTENDS ONLY THE GOOD EFFECT. DOCTORS HAVE USED THAT PRINCIPLE IN RECENT YEARS TO JUSTIFY USING HIGH DOSES OF MORPHINE TO CONTROL TERMINALLY ILL PATIENTS' PAIN, EVEN THOUGH INCREASING DOSAGES WILL EVENTUALLY KILL THE PATIENT. NANCY DUBLER, DIRECTOR OF MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER, CONTENDS THAT THE PRINCIPLE WILL SHIELD DOCTORS WHO 'UNTIL NOW HAVE VERY, VERY STRONGLY INSISTED THAT THEY COULD NOT GIVE PATIENTS SUFFICIENT MEDIATION TO CONTROL THEIR PAIN【T19】______.' GEORGE ANNAS, CHAIR OF THE HEALTH LAW DEPARTMENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, MAINTAINS THAT, AS LONG AS A DOCTOR PRESCRIBES A DRUG FOR A LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PURPOSE, THE DOCTOR HAS DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL EVEN IF THE PATIENT USES THE DRUG TO HASTEN DEAT
H.'IT'S LIKE SURGERY,' HE SAYS, 'WE DON'T CALL THOSE DEATHS HOMICIDES BECAUSE THE DOCTORS DIDN'T INTEND TO KILL THEIR PATIENTS, ALTHOUGH THEY RISKED THEIR DEAT
H.IF YOU'RE A PHYSICIAN,【T20】______.'