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Physician-assisted suicide up for vote in Mass.

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Dr. Marcia Angell

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Relevance: 0.559288

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0.384161	"If it was something that was legal and accepted, I think he would have lived longer and I think it would have been much easier for the family," Angell told ...
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.384161 Mean: 0.384161 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

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John Kelly

Overall Sentiment: -0.17045

Relevance: 0.504233

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-0.164228	"If you go see a doctor and that doctor starts talking about assisted suicide, that might feel like a radical betrayal," Kelly added. ...
-0.164228	"If you go see a doctor and that doctor starts talking about assisted suicide, that might feel like a radical betrayal," Kelly added. "I know it would for me."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.328456 Mean: -0.164228 Standard Deviation: 0

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Jack Kevorkian

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Peter Goodwin

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Relevance: 0.381347

Al Lipkind

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Relevance: 0.343136

Dr. Richard Aghababian

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Relevance: 0.331987

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PrintMedia: New England Journal of Medicine

Overall Sentiment: 0.23796

Relevance: 0.354973

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Overall Sentiment: -0.466339

Relevance: 0.335012

RadioStation: NPR

Overall Sentiment: 0.652578

Relevance: 0.309056

StateOrCounty: Massachusetts

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Relevance: 0.765634

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Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.386803

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Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.319052

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City: Boston

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Relevance: 0.43509

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Organization: Massachusetts Medical Society

Overall Sentiment: -0.105708

Relevance: 0.493819

Organization: Harvard Medical School

Overall Sentiment: 0.183942

Relevance: 0.364131

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Company: CBS

Overall Sentiment: -0.185092

Relevance: 0.421811

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Physician-assisted suicide up for vote in Mass.

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Measure would allow patients whose doctors say they have six months or less to live to obtain lethal doses of medication

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