According to the doctrine of double effect,a doctor's giving a dying,pain-racked patient a large dose of morphine with the intention of easing her pain (while knowing the act has the side effect of expediting her death) is:
A) impermissible.
B) neither permissible nor impermissible.
C) dependent on the level of pain.
D) permissible.
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