Physician-assisted Suicide And Euthanasia Have Been Profound

Patients Who Are Being Kept Alive By Technology And Want To End Their Lives Already Have A Recognized Constitutional Right To Stop Any And All Medical Interventions, From Respirators To Antibiotics. They Do Not Need Physician-assisted Suicide Or Euthanasia.

Having Been An Oncologist And Having Cared For Scores, If Not Hundreds, Of Dying Patients, When You Don't Have A Treatment That Can Shrink The Tumor And The Patient Will Die, It's A Very Difficult Conversation. It's Emotionally Draining.

Vaccines Are The Most Cost-effective Health Care Interventions There Are. A Dollar Spent On A Childhood Vaccination Not Only Helps Save A Life, But Greatly Reduces Spending On Future Healthcare.

Anyone Who Lives In Washington And Has An Official Position Viscerally Understands The Cost Of A Lack Of Privacy. Every Dinner - Especially Ones With A Journalist In Attendance - Is Preceded By The Mandatory, 'this Is Off The Record.' But Everyone Also Knows, Nothing Is Really 'off The Record.

The Situation Around Terri Schiavo Was A Deeply Held Conflict Over What To Do If Someone Isn't Going To Return To Consciousness Or Competence. Who Will Decide? Even There, Where We Had Settled Legal Rules, We Still Had Disagreement. We're Torn About These Things.