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Rapid response to:

Editorials

Assisted dying

BMJ 2012; 344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e4075 (Published 13 June 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e4075

Rapid Response:

Re: Assisted dying

"Nuper erat medicus, nunc est vsipillo Diaulus:
Quod vispillo facit, fecerat et medicus" (1)

"Recently, Diaulus was a doctor. Now he is an undertaker.
What he does as an undertaker, he used to do as a doctor".

Reference

1. Martial, Epigrams, I d.C.; 1.47.

Competing interests: No competing interests

26 June 2012
Giuseppe Vetrugno
Pathologist
and Fabio De Giorgio
Medical Directorate
Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli", L.go "A. Gemelli", 8 - 00168 Roma (Italia)