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Re:Doctors' Secret Language for Assisted Suicide by PantaloonFlames on Monday May 16, 2016 @11:10AM (#11706770)
Funny, i thought the exact opposite. "How lucky!" She was so fortunate to be there at the end and have the ability to take action.

Watching a loved one die, slowly, while you stand by helplessly observing their pain... that is much worse.

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Re:Doctors' Secret Language for Assisted Suicide by scott_s on Monday May 16, 2016 @11:48AM (#11707067)
She obviously did not feel this way. She had no support from the medical establishment she was surrounded by. I imagine it was isolating, and made a painful moment worse.
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Re:Doctors' Secret Language for Assisted Suicide by Daneel_ on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @02:52AM (#11720244)
Lucky in the sense that she could help her husband, but unlucky in that she had no support, mentally or medically, for her actions. I can't imagine how lonely she must have felt in a time when she so desperately needed others around her.
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