... as well as her own. Should a mentally competent, terminally ill person be allowed to choose the time and method of his or her death? This has been a largely debated, hot button topic as far back as the days of the ancient Greeks. For example, while Plato basically disagreed with suicide, he felt it should be an option in extreme circumstances, such as ... final days, but it also goes a long way in helping to ease the mental anguish of the patient's family by providing emotional support. Why is assisted-suicide such a hotly debated topic? The disagreement over assisted-suicide has been r...

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