Hello, neighbors, Next Sunday, Sept. 13th, the Baltimore Ethical Society will host an address titled "End of Life Ethics" by the medical director for the "Final Exit Network". You may recall the news stories earlier this year of how Georgia asked Maryland to arrest and extradite a Hopkins doctor, Dr. Lawrence Egbert, and the Maryland regional coordinator, Nicholas Sheridan, on charges of conspiracy to assist suicides. The "Final Exit Network" provides no material support, only information, so this is case is being closely watched. Both appeared in a Georgia court and were released pending indictment by a grand jury. Here's an AP story in the Sun:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/bal-assistedsuicide-group0226,0,1344449.story Here is the announcement for the talk. The Baltimore Ethical Society is located in the Old Congress Hotel at 306 W. Franklin St. Sept. 13, 10:30 am End of Life Ethics Lawrence Egbert, M.D. Medical Director, Final Exit Network The Final Exit Network is a volunteer nonprofit educational organization that serves people who are suffering from an irreversible illness which is more than they can bear. The organization offers information so they can, if and when they choose, end their suffering. It also provides guides who give comfort and counseling, but does not physically assist in any manner. On February 25th, 2009, Dr Egbert and three others from Final Exit Network were arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and charged with assisting a suicide. He was arrested again on May 26, 2009 by Maricopa County, Arizona authorities and charged with "conspiracy to commit manslaughter" because as Medical Director of FEN he oversees the acceptance or rejection of all member applicants for services. Dr. Egbert is staunchly dedicated to the last human right a person may choose; the right to die. Lawrence (Larry) Egbert is an anesthesiologist and has been a visiting Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 2001 and a member of the undergraduate campus "Health Pre-professions Committee from 2002--2008. He is a supporter of Doctors Without Borders (about which he spoke at BES some years ago), Physicians for Human Rights, and Physicians for Social Responsibility. He is a member of First Unitarian Church of Baltimore. To view the current BES newsletter, visit http://baltimoreethicalsociety.org/Documents/BESpeak_2009_09.pdf . Thanks, --Emil -- Emil Volcheck volch...@acm.org http://EmilVolcheck.com/ _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/