... purposes)Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency MedicineOpen AccessReview End-of-life issues in the acute and critically ill patientEric A Savory1 and Catherine A Marco*2Address: ... only in the states of Oregon and most recently Washington, and euthanasia is illegal in every state[93]. Euthanasia is, however, legal in somecountries, including the Netherlands and Switzerland.Interestingly, ... 1)Another important duty of the emergency physician is toeducate and counsel the patient and family in order tofacilitate decision making[7]. Ultimately, the patient has the final say in decision...