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'Death with Dignity' gives peace of mind to the terminally ill

‘Death with Dignity’ gives peace of mind to the terminally ill

By Aaron Brooks | February 16, 2011

How would you want to die? Most of us have probably answered this question in drinking games, pillow talk or alone when contemplating our mortality. I know for me, if I had a choice, I would forgo the heroin overdose and want to die surrounded by family....

Life is too important to consider physician-assisted suicide

Life is too important to consider physician-assisted suicide

February 16, 2011

No matter how futile treatment may prove to be, no matter how expensive it may be or how much stress a relative's terminal illness may put on my family, they should fight until the end.Ending your life by choice, for any reason, completely contradicts...