by Alan Blinder (New York Times, December 31, 2014)
Maryland
regulators this month revoked the medical license of an
anesthesiologist for helping six ill people, none of whom had terminal
conditions, to commit suicide.
The
doctor, Lawrence D. Egbert, 87, lost the Maryland medical license he
had held for more than 60 years after a disciplinary panel for the
Maryland Board of Physicians found that he had engaged in
“unprofessional conduct” while working as the medical director for the Final Exit Network, which offers aid to people “who are suffering from
intolerable medical circumstances.”
Full NT Times article
(It's clear that some are following in Kevorkian's footsteps)
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