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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

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And she was from Oregon, of course, and in Oregon in 2012, she had completed an advanced directive for stopping eating and drinking once she had advanced dementia. Clinicians certified her as terminally ill because of the V said. Thaddeus 39:58 That’s how she decided to manage it. Is that right, Hope? That would be.

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