There is no single way to take people with terminal illness through the process, but, according to Block, there are some rules.

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He was then released into the terminal to go through security a second time.

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Rather, the decision to take one's own life could be, I would argue, part of affirming personal dignity, helping us to reach acceptance, and even gain some serenity - especially when the alternative is a long, painful decline through terminal illness.

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