This past January, Brittany Maynard received a horrible and terrifying diagnosis. The 29-year-old newlywed was told she had a rare and advanced brain cancer known as a glioblastoma multiforme.
At the age of 91, Bertha Hyman had a clear mind and a firm resolve. When her life neared its end, she wanted no heroic measures: no resuscitation, no respirator, no tangle of tubes.