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Baltimore doctor helps the ill commit suicide

Doctor helps the ill commit suicide

Dr. Lawrence Egbert has helped direct the deaths of almost 300 people nationwide, he says. The 83-year-old has been dubbed "The New Doctor Death" after being criminally charged in two states for his role as medical director for the Final Exit Network. The cases against the Hampden resident and former Johns Hopkins professor have revived the debate over assisted suicide.

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