July 31, 2007

Felony Doctor

I predict this won't be the first.  A doctor with the power of life and death, prescribe the latter

Surgeon charged with trying to hasten patient's death

A San Francisco transplant surgeon was criminally charged Monday with excessively prescribing drugs to a 25-year-old disabled man last year to hasten his death and harvest his organs more quickly.

The felony charges are believed to be the first against a physician for his role in a transplant.

Posted by Jill Fallon at July 31, 2007 8:41 AM | Permalink
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