Insights: Should We Have the Right to Decide How We Die?
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Should We Have the Right to Decide How We Die?
Should people with terminal illnesses be allowed to choose when and how they want to die? Hawaii's Attorney General recently issued a reminder that physicians who prescribe lethal amounts of drugs to end a patient's suffering can be charged with manslaughter. Is it time for Hawaii's law to be changed, or would allowing physician-assisted suicide open the door for new problems?
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Insights on PBS Hawaiʻi is a local public television program presented by PBS Hawai'i
Insights: Should We Have the Right to Decide How We Die?
Special | 56m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Should people with terminal illnesses be allowed to choose when and how they want to die? Hawaii's Attorney General recently issued a reminder that physicians who prescribe lethal amounts of drugs to end a patient's suffering can be charged with manslaughter. Is it time for Hawaii's law to be changed, or would allowing physician-assisted suicide open the door for new problems?
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