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Category Archives: Physican Assisted Suicide and the Right to Die

NYT: The Last Day of Her Life (choosing to die)

Posted on May 15, 2015 by David Lindsay Jr
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Extraordinary story, well reported.

The Last Day of Her Life
When Sandy Bem found out she had Alzheimer’s, she resolved that before the disease stole her mind, she would kill herself. The question was, when?
nytimes.com|By Robin Marantz Henig
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