Just three weeks before the Court’s ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying” as the twin problems of end-of-life care.

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　　就在法院对医生协助自杀做出裁决的三周前，美国国家科学院(NAS)发布了一份两卷的报告，题为《接近死亡:改善临终护理》。报告鉴定：不足治疗病痛和过度使用“无效的、强制性的手术，这些手术可能会延长甚至不尊重临终的时光”是临终护理的两个问题。

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　　专家鉴定：经济的增长和人民生活水平的提高(这能对社会发展产生重要的影响)是国家建设的两大问题。