A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit
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Modern medicine can keep people alive into their 9th and 10th decades, but a growing number of these people are asking why.
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Got a terminal illness? Hooray. In the movies, looming death means last-minute adventures and loads of uplifting life lessons
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For nearly a decade, Dr. Jack Kevorkian waged a defiant campaign to help other people kill themselves. The retired pathologist left bodies at hospital emergency rooms and motels and videotaped a death that was broadcast on CBS' "60 Minutes." His actions prompted battles over assisted suicide in many states.
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A guaranteed check for life is a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, that beauty is fading.
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Doctors may have to take a more active  role in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with  terminal illnesses, a study suggested on Thursday.
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It may be time to stop defining death purely in medical terms, an academic argues.
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Light at the end of the tunnel - let's hope it's not a train...
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Saying goodbye (finally) to the rickshaw
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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Waiting for subjects to die is a somber part of the oncology clinical trial process.
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Last May, David Blunkett described how he wanted his political career to come to a close. âYou know it will come to an end, and you want it to end with memories of having made a difference, of feeling satisfied.
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A doctor takes a risk and goes against a patient's wishes in order to save his life.
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Once again, hope flickers in the Middle East. There are encouraging signs that the death of Yasser Arafat is breathing life into hopes of reviving the peace process that Arafat had abandoned.
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Sam Kim presents a persuasive choreographic metaphor for the loss of self.
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As a dubious going-away gift to the good people of Oregon, outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court&#39;s upholding of Oregon&#39;s Death with Dignity Act.
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It's not just a blue chip for widows and orphans.
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The widow of a man who had an assisted suicide says people should be able to choose how to die at home.