A doctor accused of performing unlawful euthanasia defended her actions as ones of conscience in a recent interview with Kyodo News.
"I did it because I thought at that time it was a good thing to do," she said.
The doctor, who works at a hospital in Kawasaki city, added, "What I felt was all written in the medical records."
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