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Good palliative care and assisted dying can go hand in hand | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to an article on the urgent need for palliative care reform
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The letter supports Jane Turner’s claim that UK end‑of‑life care is broken and argues it must be reformed on two fronts simultaneously. The writer recounts her husband John’s death in March at age 43 after nearly six years of bowel‑cancer treatment, during which he endured more than 70 rounds of chemotherapy while hoping to see their children grow up. The personal account is used to illustrate the urgent need for improvements in both palliative care and assisted‑dying options.
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