Over the weekend, 29-year-old terminal brain cancer patient Brittany Maynard made final her highly publicized decision to end her life before its quality could be completely ravaged by her illness. Several doctors had told Maynard that even if they intervened she had no chance of surviving, so she decided to die gracefully, on her own terms, and as an activist at the forefront of the "death with dignity" movement.…
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