1.   Because of that, the appeals court said, there was no rational reason to make it a crime for a doctor to help other terminal patients commit suicide.

2.   Doctors, afraid of prosecution, withhold opiates that could ease the pain of terminal patients.

3.   He said he saw many similar cases at the center, which often treats terminal patients.

4.   It underscored the desperate need of terminal patients and their loved ones to find a better way of ending life.

5.   Prolonged and often agonizing diseases have led many terminal patients to plan their own deaths.

6.   Religion, dismissed by many scientists, seems to help terminal patients live longer and aids people with high blood pressure and heart disease.

7.   She allots the same sum for Calvary Hospital nearby, known for its humane care of terminal patients, because her sister died of cancer there.

8.   She talked to terminal patients and patted their arms as they died, nearly following them in.

9.   Sometimes the terminal patient is the last to know.

10.   The bill, by giving federal bureaucrats new power to second-guess difficult medical decisions, would increase needless suffering among terminal patients.