The surgeon, doctor and MacArthur Fellowship ‘genius’ grant winner on how medicine is failing us in its approach to death
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Light in the dark: What if vegetative patients are actually conscious?
From 2014: Hitchcock film proved that despite a ‘vegetative’ diagnosis, Jeff Tremblay’s brain is awake. What does that mean for end-of-life care?
Seniors speak up for dying with dignity
Two women, ages 85 and 87, explain why they want to choose how to end their lives
End-of-life care: Maclean’s hosts a national dialogue
Timely talk about an issue of vital importance to all Canadians
Canada’s end-of-life debate is coming to a head
Dave Lambert’s brush with death leads to a new lease on life
Inside a comatose mind
New research raises the unsettling possibility that some vegetative patients may actually be awake and aware