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To the Editor: A key point in Dr. Angell's case for allowing physician-assisted suicide (Jan. 2 issue),¹ a practice many believe is immoral and contrary to a physician's oath, is that it does not differ from withdrawing certain forms of life-sustaining care (i.e., food, fluids, and mechanical ventilation). Others have drawn the same conclusion,^2,3 including both the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals.^4,5 In addition, the Catholic Church, in its Charter for Health Care Workers,⁶ approved by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, states, "The administration of food and liquids, even artificially, is part of the normal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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