From Doctor To Patient To Assisted-suicide Advocate

Anna Gorman, The Atlantic: Health
Tue, 03/31/2015 - 7:45am

Dan Swangard knows what death looks like. As a physician, he has seen patients die in hospitals, hooked to morphine drips and overcome with anxiety. He has watched dying drag on for weeks or months as terrified relatives stand by helplessly. Recently, however, his thoughts about how seriously ill people die have become personal.

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