Should people with Alzheimer's be able to determine l how they leave this world when they are still self-aware?
Senator Pamela Wallin says ‘yes’. Wallin’s parents died a week apart from each other, from debilitating diseases. It made her angry to watch her parents depart in such difficult ways, and not on their own terms. Now, she’s devoted to fighting for the right to request MAID ahead of diminished cognitive functioning from medical conditions l such as Alzheimer’s or dementia.
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