Word: marantologist
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...does not advocate euthanasia. "We are not supposed to shorten life," he says. "But there is a limit to what we ought to do to prolong it." The marantologist, he suggests, would not only recognize these limits but help the public do so as well. The result-peace, comfort and relief for the medically hopeless-would benefit both patient and physician. "Marantologists would not always look on death as an enemy, but often as a friend," concludes Poe. "They would have their vision extend beyond life into eternity...
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