Coronavirus / JusticeA clash in state and federal laws means doctors who are self-isolating because of COVID-19 are unable to assist terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives.
Bill* died yesterday, and I wasn’t there. He swallowed the barbiturates I’d prescribed for him and within four minutes was asleep, and dead shortly thereafter.
Very peaceful, his family and carer in attendance, exactly as he wanted.
But without his doctor.
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