“As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.”

Quoted in "Years of Minutes"‎ - by Andy Rooney - 2004
2000s, 2004

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American pathologist, euthanasia activist 1928–2011

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