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Should the terminally ill be able to choose when they die?

Clip: 10/14/2014 | 10m 42s

Should terminally ill patients be able to choose when they die?

After being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard moved her family from California to Oregon to die on her own terms. Oregon law allows Maynard to take lethal prescription medication to end her life. Jeffrey Brown gets debate from Barbara Coombs Lee of Compassion & Choices and Dr. Ira Byock of Providence Institute for Human Caring.

10/14/2014 | Rating NR

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