Atjust twenty-nine years of age, Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer
and given a mere six months to live. 1 The cancer caused Maynard to suffer from debilitating …

Brittany Maynard, 29 years old, was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2014. After learning of
her new terminally ill status and the fact that there were no available treatments for her …

In November, 2009, a twenty-nine-year-old woman named Brittany Maynard ended her own
life. 2 After being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer earlier that year, Maynard decided to …

Modern medicine can extend the dying process so long that a terminally ill patient may feel
trapped in a torturous, inexorable, lingering decline.'Sometimes the process takes too long …

" Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love. Today is the day I have chosen to
pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness... I even have a ring of support …

In 2014, Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old newlywed with terminal brain cancer, ended her
own life. 1 Maynard chose to publicize her decision, which garnered national attention and …

Diagnosed last January with brain cancer, Brittany Maynard went through surgery only to
find out the cancer had progressed to stage four and that she had only months to live …

Increasingly, and largely as a result of modern medicine, dying patients want more control
over the timing and manner of their deaths and want to have the option of a humane …

In 2014, the world met 29-year-old Brittany Maynard.'Maynard suffered from aggressive and
terminal brain cancer. 2 Facing the prospect of physical and mental decline and the …

On May 20, 2013, a landmark law empowering mentally competent, terminally ill patients to
choose aid in dying took effect in Vermont.'The Patient Choice at the End of Life Act …