Katie Engelhart explores the complexity of physician-assisted death in the book The Inevitable. She says patients seeking to end their own lives sometimes resort to veterinary drugs from overseas.
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Katie Engelhart details the right-to-die movement in her new book, em The Inevitable /em . She says that many patients in the U.S. are forced to act alone, without their loved one s knowledge, because they fear their loved ones will be prosecuted after the fact.
When you have a dog or a cat that is in pain and near the end of life, you have the option of putting down your beloved pet. Some people who fear loss of function mental or physical would like a similar option for ending their own lives in a safe, peaceful and legal manner.