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End of Life Care

Published January 28, 2001 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Margot Adler has this essay on the recent death of her aunt, a noted scientist. Adler learned the importance of respecting the wishes of the dying and not imposing one's own beliefs on the process.

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