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Assisted Suicide / Virtual "Dr. Death" #1025046

CNN Evening News for Friday, Jun 22, 2012
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Report introduced.

(Studio: Sanjay Gupta) A CNN investigation of a Website group promoting assisted suicide featured; details given about one woman's story and her link to the Final Exit Network, which helped her kill herself. [Jana Van Voorhis' sister and brother-in-law Viki and Tom THOMAS†- talk about Jana's sister's life.] [Retired doctor former Final Exit director Dr. EGBERT - comments on end-of-life policy and Jana's case.] This gray area of assisted suicide and the gray area of the law in these matters discussed.

Reporter(s):
Cooper, Anderson;
Gupta, Sanjay
Duration:
00:07:10

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