It would break my heart to see my mother, father, or any of my siblings suffer. I understand why patients would desire the ability to control the circumstances of death, to die peacefully in the refuge of their home, and to accept their predicted death. People argue that it is against the ethics of a doctor to participate in assisted suicide, to be precise, it goes against their role of prolonging life. At the same time, by prolonging the patient's life, they also prolong his agonizing and debilitating pain. This goes against the second fundamental role of the doctor: “relieve pain”. We need to make a choice that goes beyond ethics and focuses on compassion. Would you really think the patient is “living” when 88.9% of participants are worried about losing their ability to enjoy life? (Lachmann