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...maxillofacial surgeon, Jerome Sobel has brought a smile - literally - to hundreds of patients' faces. But the Lausanne physician has a second job that is far more somber: helping terminally ill people end their lives. Sobel is president for French-speaking Switzerland's chapter of EXIT, an assisted-suicide organization that provides a lethal dose of barbiturates to terminally ill patients who want to end their life. (See pictures of suicide in the U.S. Army recruiters' ranks...
...Sobel may soon have less to do in that second job. The Swiss government, concerned that Switzerland is becoming a destination for "suicide tourism," wants to tighten its decades-old assisted-suicide law, considered to be the most liberal of its kind in the world. As it stands, the legislation permits assisted suicide if a physician is convinced that the patient has no chance of recovery, that he or she is mentally and physically capable of making the decision to die and that the patient administers the drug - about 10 grams of sodium pentobarbital mixed with a fruit juice...
...that violates the Swiss constitution." That is one of the arguments that EXIT, Dignitas and other supporters of assisted suicide are vowing to use in their fight to maintain the existing law. "We will do all we can to combat this attempt at taking away our freedom," EXIT president Sobel vows. "If need be, we'll force a nationwide referendum." (Read more about Dignitas...
...freshman midfielder Carly Dickson who fired a shot on net. Dartmouth goaltender Meagan Vakiener, however, was up to the challenge, kicking Dickson’s shot away. Vakiener’s save ignited a counterattack, as the Big Green pushed the ball ahead into Harvard territory. Dartmouth midfielder Rebecca Sobel managed to fire a shot, but the ball hit the post, and the Crimson survived the scare. Harvard’s next scoring threat came late in the second half, minutes after Dodds’ penalty stroke, when the Crimson had its one and only opportunity to tie the game...
...BRIAN SOBEL Petaluma, Calif...