The ancient philosopher Plato wrote in his book, The Laws, that suicide is only acceptable for people that fit four categories: people who take their lives by legal order, people who are incurably ill, people who are disabled, and people who have disgraced themselves "beyond any hope of self-forgiveness" (5). ... The modern hospice movement actually began when a nursing student during World War II named Cicely Saunders saw an excess of suffering and death. ...

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