Euthanasia is one of those ethical dilemmas that most of us have unshakable convictions regarding. The arguments are endless. We explore this topic in the context of Lilian Boyles. Lilian was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and was resilient in treating her illness. After years of responding to treatment, Lilian's condition starts to deteriorate due to complications of her disease to the point that she was suffering from widespread vasculitis, internal bleeding, septicemia, and her organs were becoming gangrenous. One day, Dr. Cox (Lilian's treating physician for many years) walks in to check up on her. Lilian and her 2 sons John and Patrick are begging Dr. Cox to give her a medication to end her life and relieve her suffering. What would you do?

Relevant articles:
1-An Ethical Review of Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5402774/

2-Legalizing euthanasia or assisted suicide: the illusion of safeguards and controls
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3070710/

3-Nigel Cox (doctor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Cox_(doctor)

4-Death on demand: has euthanasia gone too far?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/18/death-on-demand-has-euthanasia-gone-too-far-netherlands-assisted-dying

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