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New Research on Physician-Assisted Death and Alzheimer’s Disease

Study shows 20 percent of people at high risk for the disease would consider ending their lives with a doctor's help

A recent study published in JAMA Neurology posed an interesting question: Would people who know they have a higher than normal risk of Alzheimer’s disease consider physician-assisted death? The study asked people who had recently been told they had elevated … Continue reading

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