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Ethics Civil Liberties

A Right to Die?

201514 minPG-13explainer

Dr. Jack Kevorkian's homemade suicide machine sparked a national debate on physician-assisted dying that continues to challenge ethical and legal boundaries in the US.

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A Right to Die?

2015• 14 minPG-13

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian's homemade suicide machine sparked a national debate on physician-assisted dying that continues to challenge ethical and legal boundaries in the US.

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Should doctors be allowed to help suffering patients die? Twenty-five years ago, with his homemade suicide machine, Dr. Jack Kevorkian raised that question. It's an issue Americans still struggle with today.

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