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right-to-die movement  

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  • Although interest in end-of-life issues has waxed and waned during the 20th century, a recent resurgence of public attention to this topic has occurred in the United States. Specifically, a host of social and cultural forces have spurred an effort to legalize terminally ill patients' rights to control the manner and circumstances surrounding their death. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Right-To-Die Movement]

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