"In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients’ “ease” but at the same time they do harm instead by prolonguing and even magnifying patients’ dis-ease."
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Jack Kevorkian, Prescription: Medicide: The Goodness of Planned Death (1993) ISBN 9780879758721
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Jack Kevorkian
Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian (26 May 1928 – 3 June 2011) was an American pathologist. Nicknamed "Doctor Death," he was most noted for publicly championing a terminal patient's "right to die", aiding those who wanted to die to reach their goal without suffering. He has claimed to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end.
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