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Posted in Action Alert, Letters to the Legislature, Vermont Legislature on February 25, 2015 | Comments Off
A Physician’s Letter to an Undecided Senator
Posted in Letters to the Legislature, Medical Opinions on February 8, 2013 | Comments Off
Below in italics, posted with permission, is the excellent letter of a Bennington County physician, Carol Salazar, to our undecided senator, Bob Hartwell. Dear Senator Hartwell: I am sorry to hear that you are undecided about the issue of physician assisted suicide. I hope I have misunderstood this. I have been a practicing general […]
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