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“In quixotically trying to conquer death doctors all too frequently do no good for their patients’ “ease” but at the same time they do harm instead by prolonguing and even magnifying patients’ dis-ease.”
― Prescription Medicide
― Prescription Medicide
“Dying is not a crime.”
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“When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.”
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“She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.”
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“the single worst moment of my life, was the moment I was born”
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“If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.”
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“This (...) had made me aware for the first time of the well-disguised myth that they and the academic institutions they represent are bastions of a free exchange of ideas. They are -but only of those ideas that don't 'rock the boat', that refrain from challenging hallowed taboos.”
― Prescription Medicide
― Prescription Medicide
“I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.”
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“If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.”
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“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.”
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