Over 5 years ago, I found myself in exactly the same position that Susan Wolf had found herself in with her father. In my case, it involved end-of-life care for an elderly aunt who had no other family members and as such became part of mine. In a way he was my protégé, completely dependent and dependent on me in so many ways due to his advanced age. I thought he was a very healthy person and could perhaps continue to live forever since he was under constant medical care. But all the medical care doctors could provide her couldn't remove the nagging pains that seemed to wreak havoc on her rapidly aging body. It was because of that physical manifestation of pain that led my mother and I to take her to a Chinese holistic center. healer who treated her with some sort of secret Chinese medical injection. His clinic was clean and his instruments appeared well disinfected. I had no idea that by taking her to this doctor, we would be opening the door to death for her. He gave her injections twice that month. After the second injection she developed an uncontrollable fever and was no longer able to get out of bed without help. She was admitted to hospital that weekend. The doctor's diagnosis was clear. She had sepsis and it had spread to her blood, there was no way to save her. He was dying a slow, painful death as the infection ravaged his body and his biological systems shut down. She was told the diagnosis. We made no secret of the fact that she was diagnosed with going home eating vegetables if she ever made it. That day he made his decision: he wanted to go home. And so he did. At that point he was no longer able to move anything other than his head. She was bedridden and needed... a piece of paper... to leave her father's bedside when she knew he would finally vanish into the night that night. It was the final act of a loving daughter for her dying father, to be there to bring him back to the light. She owed him at least this much. Ultimately euthanasia is not something that should be frowned upon or considered a crime. It should instead be viewed as a final act of respect for the human being who has lived his life well and now knows that it is time to end his life. Works Cited Lupo, Susan. (2008). Confronting physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia: My father's death. Hastings Center Report. 38(5), 23-26. Retrieved from the EBSCO host database located at the Ashford Online LibraryXayne, Angelus Mykeal. (2011). Assisted suicide. EzineMark.com. Retrieved from http://lifestyle.ezinemark.com/assisted-suicide-7d2e4b263783.html