"I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel". This oath is known as "The Hippocratic Oath". It was sworn by a Greek physician by the name of Hippocrates, or otherwise known as the "Father of Medicine", in the year 400 B.C.. Although such defined quotation is unfamiliar to the non-medical professionals, it states the purposes of the medical professions - saving and valuing lives. Euthanasia or mercy killing can be defined as the intention