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Maura Healey Backs Physician-Assisted Suicide

If Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey is the next governor of the Commonwealth, physician-assisted suicide could become legal. The Democrat, who…

· · Updated a year ago · 1 min read
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Deaths of desperation

Advocates of assisted suicide, both here in Massachusetts and around the globe, often claim that they are fighting for the right to…

· · Updated 2 years ago · 4 min read
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A fighter takes aim at assisted suicide

BOSTON – Kristen Hanson remembers the phone call she received on May 13, 2014. It was an emergency medical technician who told her…

· · Updated 2 years ago · 3 min read
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Opiate use and euthanasia

Without adequate guidance from health care professionals, many terminally ill patients and their caregivers question the appropriate use of morphine and other…

· · Updated 2 years ago · 3 min read
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A doctor’s view on assisted suicide

Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe…

· · Updated 2 years ago · 2 min read
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Value of life

Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe…

· · Updated 2 years ago · 3 min read