By Nicholas Vinocur and Pauline Mevel PARIS (Reuters) - France's parliament will debate a bill on Tuesday allowing patients on the brink of death to stop treatment and enter a "deep sleep" until they die, a move some critics say amounts to euthanasia in disguise. It would also bolster Socialist President Francois Hollande's image as a social reformer after a hotly contested move to legalize gay marriage in 2012. Jean Leonetti, a center-right lawmaker and doctor who authored the law, told Reuters the bill would allow patients with "hours or days to live" to request to be placed under general anesthetic right through to the moment they die. "When these elements are present, I (the doctor) am obliged to start sedation that is deep and continues until death." Such a request would effectively let patients set their own death in motion, as the state of deep sleep is irreversible. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..
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