"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Life and Death Down Under: Australia's version of Dr. Kevorkian has had to move to New Zealand because of a change in Australia's laws about communicating ways to kill yourself. New Zealand veterinarians aren't too happy with him, though:
The New Zealand Veterinary Association attacked his suggestion at a suicide workshop that one option for suicide was to approach a "friendly vet" who would supply the lethal barbiturate Nembutol. "I'm disappointed to hear a medical professional making light of it," said CEO Murray Gibb. "If a veterinarian were to dispense these products they would be hung out to dry very, very quickly." posted by Sydney on
1/11/2006 08:33:00 AM
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