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John Kelly, disabilities rights activist and founder of Second Thoughts, and Dr. Marcia Angell, senior lecturer in social medicine at Harvard Medical School and former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Question 2: Prescribing Medication To End Life

With the election just eight weeks away, we’ll be examining the three ballot questions facing Mass. voters this November. First up, we take a look at Question 2, the so-called “Massachusetts Death with Dignity Act.”

CommonHealth: One Doctor Who Aims To Replace Pain With Play

Here’s one parent’s story of bringing her daughter into the ER, where Dr. Baruch Krauss — who has spent much of his career figuring out how to relieve acute anxiety and pain in children undergoing medical procedures — stitched her up without a fuss.

It’s a large needle, but Julia is too busy coloring to notice.

Teaching The Privileged About The Poor At Harvard’s Social Museum

The museum showcased the lives of the “other half” in an attempt to bridge the gap between the haves and have nots. A new book features photos from the museum’s original exhibit.

Industrial Problems, Welfare Work: United States. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. H.J. Heinz Company: Bottling Department, c. 1903. Gelatin silver print. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection, 3.2002.21. (Courtesy of Harvard Art Museums)

Debra Jo Rupp Takes Dr. Ruth ‘All The Way’

The well-known psychosexual therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer is the subject of a new one-woman play, which opens Wednesday night in Western Mass.

Debra Jo Rupp portraying Dr. Ruth Westheimer in "Dr Ruth, All The Way." (Photo by Kevin Sprague. Courtesy of the Barrington Stage Company.)

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