A transfer of money should never be involved in this profound situation. Although illness is profound, too, but medicine's a business today. It's a business.

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.

I don't enjoy good food. I don't enjoy flashy cars. I don't care if I live in a dump. I don't enjoy good clothes. This is the best I've dressed in months.

I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.

My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.

I'm not a romantic.

You've gotta know what death is to know life!

The patient decides when it's best to go.

What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.