Barbara Coombs Lee, the sharp and articulate president of Compassion & Choices, spoke to the issue of death with dignity on PBS NewsHour October 14, with opposing views presented by Ira Byock, noted physician, author and advocate for palliative care. Neither really won; the time was too short and the issue is too complex. The Death With Dignity movement, though, is not going away, and we the people will only win when the movement wins. Lee spent 25 years as a nurse and physician's assistant before becoming an attorney and devoting her life to personal choice and autonomy at life's end. She believes a terminally ill, mentally competent adult should have the right to end his or her life when...
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