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<\/strong>This article <\/a>describes how assisted suicide<\/a> is actually carried out in two places where it is legal \u2013 Switzerland and Oregon. It will no doubt provoke a deluge of correspondence in the Rapid Responses<\/em> from those who believe that God disapproves of such practices. Having waded through the last deluge, I am still at a loss to understand why helping people to die with dignity at a time of their choosing is considered such an affront to religious values. This article <\/a>touches on how doctors are involved in these places, and could be here if we ever tried to become an open, thoughtful society. <\/p>\n

<\/strong>A systematic review<\/a> <\/strong>which tells us \u2013 in case we didn\u2019t know \u2013 that lifestyle interventions<\/a> <\/strong>are at least as effective as drugs in preventing or delaying type 2 diabetes<\/a> <\/strong>in people with impaired glucose tolerance. <\/p>\n

<\/strong>Several of my favourite patients have been to prison<\/a>. Make no mistake about it, prison works. By subtle or not-so-subtle means, it breaks inmates to the point where they trust nobody, as this paper <\/a>demonstrates. Most prisoners leave prison in a state of mental anguish, but few of them would go to their general practitioner<\/a>. As we know, quite a few of them kill themselves at this point, and many of the rest end up back inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This article describes how assisted suicide is actually carried out in two places where it is legal \u2013 Switzerland and Oregon. It will no doubt provoke a deluge of correspondence in the Rapid Responses from those who believe that God disapproves of such practices. […]<\/p>\n

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