Civil Rights
Nov. 15, 2001
Terrorizing Terminally Ill Patients
In the midst of our national chaos, Attorney General John Ashcroft has found it wise to heap additional misery on a most unlikely victim, the terminally ill patient. This past week our prosecutor-in-chief instructed the Drug Enforcement Administration to pursue disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients under Oregon's unique physician-assisted suicide law.
By Judith F. Daar
In the midst of our national chaos, Attorney General John Ashcroft has found it wise to heap additional misery on a most unlikely victim, the terminally ill patient. This past week our prosecutor-in-chief instructed the Drug Enforcement Administration to pursue disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminal...
In the midst of our national chaos, Attorney General John Ashcroft has found it wise to heap additional misery on a most unlikely victim, the terminally ill patient. This past week our prosecutor-in-chief instructed the Drug Enforcement Administration to pursue disciplinary action against doctors who prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminal...
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