Nurses Investigated In Oregon Assisted Suicide Case - Killed Patient Without a Physician

re: "...Mara Woloshin, a spokeswoman for the Melcher family said the revelations about the nature of Wendy's death have devastated the family, who believed she had died of cancer, and prompted them to wonder if Melcher genuinely gave consent. "The family wants some answers," Woloshin said. "This family is bleeding from the emotional pain. They have been broadsided." /"They think someone may have participated in ending Melcher's life prematurely without (Melcher's) consent," said Woloshin...[snip]...The issue of informed consent is crucial in the argument against assisted suicide and euthanasia. Euthanasia opponents have pointed to the erosion of the principle of consent and the fallibility of "safeguards" in the Netherlands, the country that pioneered legalized doctor assisted killing..."...