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Rita L. Marker
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October 31, 2014
A Deadly Campaign Masked as a Personal DecisionThe Brittany Maynard case is being used as a battering ram by assisted-suicide advocates.
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April 14, 2010
ObamaCare High School: Reading, Writing, and Suicide Assistance?Under ObamaCare, there will be a massive expansion of school-based health clinics, with tremendous potential for mischief.
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September 27, 2009
Dial 911 for suicide assistance?Enter the twilight zone that is Washington State.
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September 6, 2009
Talking Seniors to DeathTechnically, a patient would not be forced to have an advance care planning consultation, but doctors who didn't provide the end-of-life talk would not be paid for any other services.
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October 4, 2008
An Open Letter to Baroness Warnock on Assisted SuicideWhen she said people with Alzheimer's should be able to appoint someone to request euthanasia for them, Britain's leading medical ethicist, Baroness Mary Warnock, caused a firestorm of controversy.
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September 14, 2008
Oregon's Suicidal Approach to Health CareOregon seems to have found a surefire way to lower health care costs: Tell the patient you'll pay for drugs that will end her life, but not those that would extend her life.