As a member of several end-of-life committees in California, I debated Dr. Kevorkian on national radio. My view is that a person has a right to die if they are suffering or are in an irreversible coma and being kept alive by artificial means. This decision and action must not be the doctor's choice. Several states now permit the doctor to provide the means but they must not perform the actual death.
Melvin H Kirschner BA BS MPH MD
Dr. Kirschner's book "All Medicines Are Poison!" discusses the health care inequities in the U. S. and offers some solutions.
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