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Diane Rehm on Assisted Suicide
Clip: 4/21/2016 | 4m 47s
The husband of the well-known NPR host asked his doctor to help him die.
In June, California will become the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of a doctor’s prescription. We spoke recently with NPR host Diane Rehm, author of On My Own, about her husband John’s death in 2014 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and 10 days after he began to refuse any food or drink. He had asked his doctor to help him die.
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Diane Rehm on Assisted Suicide
Clip: 4/21/2016 | 4m 47s
In June, California will become the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of a doctor’s prescription. We spoke recently with NPR host Diane Rehm, author of On My Own, about her husband John’s death in 2014 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease and 10 days after he began to refuse any food or drink. He had asked his doctor to help him die.
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