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The newspaper article reads as follows "Should I Help My Patients Die" written by Jessica Nutik Zittler. This blog is based on the above mentioned newspaper article that can be found on https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/euthanasia Dr. Zittler relays of her first experience when one of her patients requested that she prefferred dying under the 'California's new End of life Option Act'. Even though the patient qualified to end her life, the doctor found herself very reluctant to do so as she is a firm believer of saving peoples lives. Believing in what she beileves she opted for perusading the patient to take anitdepressants for a while and then make her final decision if she wants to live or die still. The patient took Dr. Zittler's advice and continued with taking the antidepressants and died three months later in a nursing home. The story implies that Dr. Zittler had highlighted the ethical, social and personal challenges faced in the ambiguities...