William Blau, who teaches a course on death and dying, points out that:

A) ?extreme emotional pain and hopelessness are usually subject to change.
B) ?extreme emotional pain and hopelessness do not improve, as a rule, and typically lead to suicide.
C) ?few of his students are concerned with the ethical question of whether one should interfere with a person's "right to die."
D) ?most therapy clients hospitalized for suicidal behavior were angry later on that they were kept from self-directed violence.


A

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