The Washington Post, April 19th, 1990
Michael Specter's front-page story on euthanasia in Holland {April 5} includes the contention that "euthanasia has become a regular part of medical life in the United States." The only evidence given for this is the number of members in a euthanasia advocacy group. I do not believe the contention to be true. I am a physician specializing in the care of the elderly and dying. I have taken care of more than a thousand people who have died in this city. None died "on request," as the euphemism in Mr. Specter's article phrases direct and active, and planned, killing of a patient by a physician. Mo...
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