Terminally ill cannot postpone their deaths
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Many of us think that the terminally ill can postpone their deaths so that they can see a relative, experience their last birthday or enjoy a special holiday - sadly, this is a myth, according to a new study.
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The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to block the nation&#39;s only law allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients die more quickly.
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Right-to-die issues receive a lot of attention, but less is known about those with A.L.S., or Lou Gehrig's disease, who want to live.
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Campaigners calls for urgent government action to ensure everyone with a terminal illness can access hospice care.
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A court mulls a terminally ill man's request to die in a landmark case which has sparked fierce debate in Italy.
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NEW YORK  - While supportive care to  relieve symptoms is now the standard of care at the end of  life, a new study shows that a "sizeable proportion" of breast  cancer patients nearing death do not have access to such  treatment, also referred to as palliative care.
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A little over a year ago, Kathy Stangl received a devastating prognosis: Doctors told her she had only a few months to live.
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New research attempts to help parents sift through one of the most difficult decisions they will ever have to make: Whether to tell their terminally ill child that he or she is dying.
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The widow of a man who had an assisted suicide in Switzerland says people should be able to choose how to die.
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A 16-year-old leukaemia patient foregoes further treatment so she can enjoy what is left of her life.
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A father of a seriously ill premature baby has pleaded with the High Court not to allow doctors to let her die.
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Everyone should be an organ donor when they die unless they have asked not to be, says the chief medical officer.
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A man with cancer overturns an NHS decision which stopped him getting funds for drugs that will prolong his life.
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As AIDS patients live longer they can experience a host of medical conditions that challenge the prevailing view of the disease as chronic and manageable.
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NEW YORK The common perception that terminally ill people can hang on to life through important religious or personal days is more romance than reality, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Piergiorgio Welby is paralysed and speaks through a computer An Italian judge has rejected a request by a terminally ill man to have doctors switch off his life support machine.Comment
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Got a terminal illness? Hooray. In the movies, looming death means last-minute adventures and loads of uplifting life lessons