Do people have a right to die? ... He wanted "to die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly" (422). ... Another consideration is whether, by taking your life before the illness runs its course, you are depriving yourself and your family and friends of a valuable period of good life, love and companionship. ... In his book Dying With Dignity, Derek Humphry says: "Helping another to die in carefully considered circumstances is part of good medicine and also demonstrates a caring society that offers euthanasia to hopelessly sick persons as an act of love"(91). ... If the individu...

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