Photo Gallery The Assisted Suicide Debate
A recent survey indicates that 37 percent of doctors in Germany would consider helping a terminally ill patient die, despite German Medical Association guidelines that say this is unethical. Jörg-Dietrich Hoppe, president of the association, discusses the country's debate over assisted suicide, euthanasia and the need to develop new guidelines.
When it comes to euthanasia, German doctors operate in a gray area between criminal law, which is more liberal, and the professional code for doctors, which is more rigid.
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