Education and years of study in the medical field can never prepare a future doctor for the moral dilemma of killing a patient. In the last couple of years, medical professionals, faith leaders, and politicians have debated the morality of euthanasia. Though legal in Canada, many people continue to contemplate the ethics behind this universal decision. When presented with a terminally ill patient, doctors and nurses are encountered with moral turmoil: does reducing the patient's suffering justify taking the life of another able human being? Through the perspective of utilitarianism, this…