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The impossible decision to end your critically-ill child’s life
Clare Mackintosh’s new book After The End follows parents who face the choice to end their critically-ill son's life. It’s something the author has also experienced. She discusses the debate around quantity versus quality of life, consulting her father who is a doctor, fearing judgement from family and friends, and how writing her novel helped her to process the harrowing experience.
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