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To the Editor: In the article by Ganzini et al. (Oct. 1 issue),¹ the 56 percent of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who said they would consider asking for physician-assisted suicide is not so different from the 48 percent of the general public who indicate an interest in physician-assisted suicide when asked to contemplate hypothetical scenarios of their own death.² Although some may find it comforting to know that physician-assisted suicide could be available as a last resort, it is telling that Ganzini et al. reported only one patient who would have requested it in his or her current . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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