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Dr. Bert Keizer, who will fulfill a request from Irene Mekel, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer?s last year, to end her life only if she still is fully aware of what she is asking, at his home in Landsmeer, Netherlands, Jan. 27, 2025. In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but most doctors won?t do it. (Melissa Schriek/The New York Times/Fotoarena)
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