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Daughter explains agreement to end care

March 23, 2005

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The daughter of a hospital patient paralyzed with Lou Gehrig's disease said she agreed to turning off her mother's ventilator by June 30 because she believed the court was prepared to rule against her. Massachusetts General Hospital has been fighting for more than two years to take Barbara Howe, who can no longer communicate or move, off her ventilator over ... (Full article: 732 words)

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