The attempt to overturn a 40-year-old law could have national ramifications and make Connecticut a focus of debate on end-of-life issues that divide the public and the medical profession.
Dr. Gary Blick, a Norwalk physician specializing in infectious diseases, who filed the lawsuit with Dr. Ron Levine, of Greenwich, said during a news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday that the unconsciousness of "terminal sedation" is the only legal treatment for them to offer dying patients.....
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