Dr. Ralph A. Capone, who is board-certified in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine and Internal Medicine, writes,
According to the new bioethics, when applied to certain people, “do no harm” implies further life is harmful and, therefore, killing them is beneficent. In hospice and palliative care settings, the administration of intentionally larger doses of analgesia, beyond that necessary to diminish pain, is sometimes done to intentionally end patients’ lives. This is not a secret within the medical profession. [Emphasis in the original.] [1]
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