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Different Frames: Media Perspectives on the Kessler Twins’ Assisted Death

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This blog was written by Louise Piper, a University of Glasgow student studying for an MSc in End of Life Studies. German twin sisters, 89-year-old Alice and Ellen Kessler, died together at their home in Grunwald, Germany by assisted dying. Alice and Ellen had lived and worked together for decades. They were both former professional… Continue reading