Physician-assisted suicide is “the voluntary termination of one's life by the administration of a lethal substance with the direct or indirect assistance of a physician. Physician-assisted suicide is the practice of providing a competent patient with a prescription for medications to use with the primary intention of ending their life. (medterms.com) Surveys have shown that physician-assisted suicide is gaining more and more support among doctors and “up to half of adults believe it should be legal for terminal illnesses.” (Vaugn, page 597) In a large 2000 survey, oncologists revealed that 22.5% favored the use of physician-assisted suicide for a terminally ill patient with unremitting pain, 6.6% favored using active euthanasia in these circumstances, 56.2% had received requests from patients for physician-assisted suicide, 38.2% for active euthanasia, 10.8% had performed physician-assisted suicide, and 3.7% had active euthanasia. (Vaughn, page 598) Physician-assisted suicide has begun to gain more and more support not only among doctors, but also among the public. In a 2007 poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs, results showed that 48% of the public believed it should be legal or that doctors help terminally ill patients end their lives by prescribing them deadly drugs, while 44% believes it should be illegal. (Vaughn, page 603) In the 2007 Gallup poll, results show that 56% of the public believes that when a person has an illness that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, doctors should be allowed to help the patient commit suicide if the patients request it and 38% believe it should not be allowed and 49% of the public believe that medically assisted suicide is morally acceptable while 44% believe......halfway through the document... ...described Diane as a lethal person dosing barbiturates to make her commit suicide. (Vaughn, page 612) In fact, Dr. Quill approved of her decision to commit suicide and helped her commit suicide. He implied to Diane and her family that his decision was moral, rational and justifiable in his position, even though he had a 25% chance of survival. However, those who had great influence in Diane's life and a solid reason to prolong her life, all supported her decision in what was understood as her desire to die. Surely, if Dr. Quill had refused to assist Diane with her death, he would have had to decide to commit suicide without assistance or try to prolong his life. With these choices, he may have chosen the option of trying to prolong his life. From a Christian point of view, physician-assisted suicide is morally impermissible due to the sanctity of human life..