'Doctor-Assisted Suicide Should be Legalized for the Terminally Ill.'
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by metric on 2006-02-19 14:28:55Medical technology has advanced to the point where the terminally ill can be kept alive even though the mind has ceased to function. The high costs of sustaining patients who have no known method of improving is a serious economic burden on the family of the patient. For most, funeral costs alone are too much to handle.
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title: 'economic burden'
text: 'Medical technology has advanced to the point where the terminally ill can be kept alive even though the mind has ceased to function. The high costs of sustaining patients who have no known method of improving is a serious economic burden on the family of the patient. For most, funeral costs alone are too much to handle.'
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date: 2006-02-19 14:28:55
submitter: metric
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