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Doctor Cooper’s Novel Explores Doctors Limits And Choices
Naples AP profile of neurosurgeon Irving S. Cooper, author of It’s Hard to Leave While the Music’s Playing, examining doctors power and responsibility, use of respirators, euthanasia options, and the human price of medical decisions. Cooper recalls his work with epilepsy, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, and dystonia. He notes a January 1977 California law on end-of-life decisions and reflects on the ethics of prolonging life versus dying with dignity.
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