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Disadvantages of euthanasia include that it violates the Hippocratic Oath of physicians, demeans human life, may lead to suicides for patients who are not critical and may cause physicians to give up on treatment earlier, according to Joe Messerli on BalancedPolitics.org. Messerli also writes that assisted suicide is prohibited by many religions, and asking physicians of those religions to assist in suicide may be unethical. KNOW MORE