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On November 1, 2016, the DC council was granted approval to allow terminally ill patients with less than six months to live the chance to be prescribed a lethal dose of medication if they choose to end their life early. There are now six states that permit physician assisted suicide.

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A pivotal case in the United States was the death of Brittany Maynard in 2014. After being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the 29 year old decided that instead of suffering with the side effects the cancer would bring, she wanted to die a painless death and live her last days without suffering. She was residing in California when she was diagnosed, where the Death with Dignity was not legal. Her and her husband Dan, moved up to Oregon where Death with Dignity was legal, so she could take advantage of the program. Before her death, she started the Brittany Maynard fund which works to improve and expand the choice of ending one's life in cases of a terminal illness. In her final days she put a lot of work into the Brittany Maynard fund and Compassion and Choices, and her dying wish was to have her family continue to try and get the Dying with Dignity act passed in all fifty states.

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There has been a 26% rise in assisted suicide from 2013 to 2014 and almost double that from 2009.

Switzerland: (done)

In Switzerland non-physician assisted suicide is legal, where as in Belgium and the Netherlands,a physician must be present. In Switzerland, the doctors are primarily there to assess the patients decision capacity and prescribe the lethal drugs. Additionally, unlike cases in the United States, a person is not required to have a terminal illness but only the capacity to make decisions.

Dignitas: (done)

25% of people in Switzerland who take advantage of assisted suicide do not have a terminal illness but are "tired of life."

Denmark: (done)

In Denmark, passive euthanasia, or the refusal to accept treatment is not illegal. But voluntary euthanasia when a patient actively tries to kill themselves is illegal. 71% of Denmark's population is in favor of legalizing assisted suicide.

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Overall I thought this was a very well-written and interesting edit for your Wikipedia page. I found the content to be very compelling as well as informative. There were a few grammatical changes I would make to improve the article. In the sentence “She was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the 29 year old decided that instead of suffering with the side effects the cancer would bring, she wanted to die a painless death and live her last days without suffering” I would change the beginning to instead say “After being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.” Also, in the sentence, “She was residing in California at the time when she was diagnosed, where the Death with Dignity was not legal at the time” I recommend taking out the “at the time” after California. In the sentence following this I think it is best to remove the “of four years” because it does not contribute anything to the substance of the article and seems like extra information. In this same sentence I think you should change “she could take advantage of the Death with Dignity act and die peacefully” to “where Death with Dignity was legal.” My last grammatical change would be to change “if they have a terminal illness” to “cases of terminal illness.”

Your edit for the Wikipedia page is very detailed and well-researched. I truly enjoyed reading it and found it very interesting.

Kelsey Rouse

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Make sure to specify which sub-section you're going to put your edits in. Gerdesk (talk) 07:00, 11 November 2016 (UTC)