physicians who are in favor of euthanasia state that to keep euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide (pas) illegal is a violation of patient freedoms. they believe that any competent terminally-ill patient should have the right to choose death or refuse life-saving treatment. suicide and assistance from their physician is seen as the only option those patients have. with the suffering and the knowledge from the doctor, this may also suggest that pas is a humane answer to the excruciating pain.