Pricey Technology Is Keeping People Alive Who Don’t Want to Live
Pricey Technology Is Keeping People Alive Who Don’t Want to Live
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
April 11, 20176m 14s
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Show Notes
Some people just want to die. Not because they are trapped by depression, anxiety, public embarrassment, or financial ruin. No, these poor few have terminal illnesses. Faced with six months to live, and the knowledge that the majorityof those 180 days will be bad ones,theyseek a doctor’s prescription for an early death. Soon, terminal patients in California will have that option.
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