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Barnard Seeks Mercy Killing as Answer to Suffering
Linda Deutsch reports South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard, famed for heart transplants, now advocates euthanasia as a response to unbearable suffering. He discusses his novel In The Night Season, his pain from animal experiments, a death pact, and doubts about life after death, stressing medicine should ease suffering and may end life when needed.
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Linda Deutsch
Los Angeles
Christiaan Barnard
Barnard
South Africa