An Obvious Example Is Not

Doctors Take The Hippocratic Oath Too Seriously, As An Imperative To Do Everything For The Patient Regardless Of The Cost Or Effects On Others

Medical School Education And Post Graduate Education Emphasize Thoroughness.

Patients Who Are Being Kept Alive By Technology And Want To End Their Lives Already Have A Recognized Constitutional Right To Stop Any And All Medical Interventions, From Respirators To Antibiotics. They Do Not Need Physician-assisted Suicide Or Euthanasia.

Americans Tend To Endorse The Use Of Physician-assisted Suicide And Euthanasia When The Question Is Abstract And Hypothetical.

Anyone Who Lives In Washington And Has An Official Position Viscerally Understands The Cost Of A Lack Of Privacy. Every Dinner - Especially Ones With A Journalist In Attendance - Is Preceded By The Mandatory, 'this Is Off The Record.' But Everyone Also Knows, Nothing Is Really 'off The Record.