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Word: medicalized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this principle can mean ignoring or overriding the patient's express wishes. When Dax Cowart was critically burned in a propane- gas explosion near Henderson, Texas, he begged a passing farmer for a gun with which to kill himself. On his way to the hospital, he pleaded with the medic to let him die. For weeks his life hung by a thread. For more than a year, against his will, he endured excruciating treatment: his right eye and several fingers were removed, his left eye was sewn shut. His pain and his protests were unrelenting. One night he crawled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: Love and Let Die | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

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