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White Coat Black Art | Sep 8, 2012 | 27:30

Nagui's Choice

Nagui Morcos - ill with Huntington's disease - was one of very few people in Canada to publicly declare a desire to end his own life. We have an exclusive final interview in which he and his partner Jan Crowley talk about Nagui's agonizing decision.

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