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Huttmann's decision that certain patients should have the right to die, as in the case of the cancer patient, Mac, the stand she took at the very precise moment of giving in to the request of Mac, was a very critical one. Mercy killing at its best or maybe the worst, depending on the perspective you have chosen concerning the case at hand. In “A Crime of Compassion,” Mac, presented his right to die, as he was undergoing extreme pain and suffering, to the nurse, Barbara Huttmann, who could have a hand in giving in to Mac's request and in this case which she eventually did. Terminally ill patients can have both rights – to live or to die or is it so? Is euthanasia really a right? What if he or she may be incompetent to decide on their own? Can family, relatives or friends decide for them? Can medical practitioners directly involved on one such case chose the fate of their patients? Can judicial process do it? Is euthanasia morally right? Can the means justify the......

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