BIG READ: Debate rages around the right to choose to die
SA could lead the continent if it can navigate the powerful, opposing forces in this moral medical minefield
06 May 2025 - 05:00
When Nelson Mandela died in December 2013 he lived six months longer than he should have. Doctors overzealously extended his life through aggressive interventions, most likely on political instruction.
Critics asked: are they honouring a hero or prolonging unbearable suffering?..
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