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SAN FRANCISCO — Physician-assisted suicide is illegal in all but five states. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen in the rest. Sick patients sometimes ...
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Doctors Say No To Euthanasia Requests From Dementia Patients
(HealthDay News) — Few physicians would find euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) conceivable for patients with psychiatric disease, dementia, or those who are “tired of ...
Read More »Most Americans Agree With Right-to-Die Movement
(HealthDay News) — Already-strong public support for right-to-die legislation has grown even stronger in the days since the planned death of 29-year-old brain cancer patient ...
Read More »Terminally Ill Brittany Maynard Changed The Right-to-Die Conversation
Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman who moved to Oregon after learning of her terminal illness, died Saturday after taking the lethal drugs that were legally ...
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