Gill describes Kass, Pelegrino, and Callahan as arguing that the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment is morally acceptable while physician-assisted suicide is not. In their view, this is because
A) the main intention of physicians who withdraw treatment is to kill the patient, not relieve suffering.
B) the main intention of physicians who withdraw treatment is to relieve suffering, not kill the patient.
C) killing and letting die are morally equivalent.
D) many patients recover even after their treatment is withheld.
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