Why MAID May Not Be the Peaceful Death Many Expect

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Why MAID May Not Be the Peaceful Death Many Expect
Illustration by Sunny Lo
Illustration by Sunny Lo
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Americans increasingly desire control over the timing and manner of their death. What they’re rarely told is that medicine has not yet figured out how to guarantee the peaceful ending they imagine.

The drugs used in medically assisted suicide—a cocktail of familiar medications—are given off-label in lethal doses, yet they receive sparse research.

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