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“Killing is Always Bad, But Not Always the Worst Alternative”

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I graduated in 1965 as a General Physician. I came from an orthodox Catholic family, and although I am still practicing, my Catholicism has changed a great deal. I think of myself as a modem critical Catholic who has developed in his thinking, and has many personal conceptions and ideas Catholicism. There are approximately 2,400 patients in my practice currently. About fifteen percent are over the age of sixty-five.

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(2002). “Killing is Always Bad, But Not Always the Worst Alternative”. In: Thomasma, D.C., Kimbrough-Kushner, T., Kimsma, G.K., Ciesielski-Carlucci, C. (eds) Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-306-46863-6_19

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