Medical Aid-in-Dying is an Ethical and Important End-of-Life Care Option

This post is presented in collaboration with the American Journal of Bioethics. You can read the entire issue by clicking here. by Dan Diaz My wife, Brittany Maynard, died on November 1, 2014, of a brain tumor, but she used medical aid-in-dying to insure a peaceful death and end the unbearable suffering when no other option would provide relief. After Brittany was diagnosed in January 2014, she endured an eight-hour brain surgery and we researched every treatment option that offered any hope of extending her life.…
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