Doctor-assisted Death: Seattle Cancer Hospital Shares Its Experience

Ethan Remmel was only 41 when he died on June 13, 2011, barely a year after being diagnosed with terminal colon cancer that quickly spread to his bone.The Bellingham, Wash., psychology professor and father of two young sons took a lethal dose of crushed prescription sedatives, becoming one of 255 terminally ill people to exercise that option so far under the state’s 2009 Death with Dignity Act.“On...

Topics:  ethan remmel   june   bellingham   wash   death   dignity   act on   cancer   
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