Montana High Court Approves “Death With Dignity” Request
JANUARY 4, 2010 VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1 Retired truck driver Robert Baxter, a Billings, Montana, resident, was dying of leukemia. He wanted to be able to choose the time and manner of his own death, and he turned to his physicians. He asked for a lethal dose of medication; his doctors sympathized, but declined to…