Lawsuit Seeks to Legalize Doctor-Assisted Suicide for Terminally Ill Patients in NY

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/nyregion/lawsuit-seeks-to-legalize-doctor-assisted-suicide-for-terminally-ill-patients-in-new-york.html

Dr. Quill, who is head of palliative care at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said he recently had a patient whose bones were breaking from advanced cancer, and consciously stopped eating and drinking. “It took him about 10 days to die,” Dr. Quill said. “You have to be incredibly disciplined to do it.”