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Assisted Suicides

The Washington Post September 2-8, 1996


Picture yourself in this situation. You go to the doctor for a routine
physical. You look fine. You feel good. All those exhausting workouts at the
gym are finally starting to pay off and you actually stuck to that low fat, high
vitamin diet you're doctor recommended. You have never felt better. You are
essentially the epitome of a healthy, fit human being. Then, out of nowhere,
you are diagnosed with a disorder of the nervous system accompanied by chronic
fatigue syndrome. The illness is permanent and there is no cure. It will only
progress and worsen with time, and all you can do is wait. What would you do?
If you were 42-year-old Judith Curren, a nurse and mother of two small
children, you'd be in close contact with the infamous suicide assessor, Dr. Jack
Kevorkian, a.k.a. "Doctor Death," discussing your "options." However, according
to an editorial published in The Washington Post, entitled "38......

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