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To the Editor: Truog et al. (Dec. 3 issue)¹ think that physicians should be willing to accept the risk of using barbiturate-induced general anesthesia to relieve suffering in certain terminally ill patients. This and similar well-meaning recommendations^2,3 could be misconstrued by the public as representing a change in the medical profession's traditional commitment to life. That would be unfortunate. Evidence of erosion in the value society places on human life is ubiquitous, and our profession should be speaking out more loudly about that erosion rather than appearing to add to it.

In terminal but conscious states there is no medical . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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