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My mother killed herself. I wish assisted suicide had been an option - STAT

Published by STAT By Torie Bosch · 19 October 2026 at 11:33
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My mother killed herself. I wish assisted suicide had been an option - STAT
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“Sometimes mental illness is terminal,” Torie Bosch writes in a personal essay about medical aid in dying for psychiatric reasons.

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