The daughter of an Alzheimer's patient at the centre of a right-to-die case says her mother often spoke about "allowing non-responsive people to die." Danielle Tuck, a B.C. Liquor Store manager in the community of D'Arcy, makes the comments in an affidavit. It is in support of a lawsuit filed last week by a lawyer representing the patient, Margaret (Margot) Bentley, and her family. The lawsuit - against the nursing home where Bentley lives - is for continuing to spoon-feed Bentley contrary to her living will. Bentley signed the living will - in which she asked not to be fed or given water if she develops an...
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