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[25] [29] Marcia Angell, the former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, wrote that Maynard was a "new face" of the assisted dying movement who had "greatly helped future patients who want the same choice." [30] However, some terminally ill individuals publicly criticized Maynard's promotion of assisted suicide. Terminal ...
Mar 7, 2015 · Last fall, the story of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, who moved to Oregon so she could legally end her own life, brought the issue of assisted suicide back into the national spotlight.
- PBS News Hour
- 9 min
Jun 15, 2023 · Although Maynard fit squarely into Oregon’s criteria and her death was not controversial, it did change the conversation about assisted suicide in two important ways. First, Brittany Maynard was young and media savvy.
Nov 1, 2019 · Brittany changed the face of the death with dignity movement. Her articulate and intelligent explanation of why she insisted on having some say in the matter of her impending death, and her calm resolve in the face of a ticking-time-bomb brain tumor diagnosis captured the hearts of many viewers.
Oct 31, 2014 · Maynard, who was given six months to live this spring, announced this summer she would die on her own terms with a lethal dose of drugs — permitted under Oregon law — rather than suffer the debilitating effects of her spreading cancer.
- AP National Writer
Oct 31, 2014 · Maynard, the 29-year-old with incurable brain cancer, is the new face of the movement to give dying patients the choice to end their lives faster and more humanely.
Nov 3, 2014 · Brittany Maynard, who was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor, went through with her plan to end her life on Saturday at her home in Oregon. Maynard, who spoke publicly about her choice to...
