Article: GP 'gave suicidal OAP pills'.(News)

Dictionary definition: sodium amytal
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      188 words ...so·di·um am·y·tal • n. see Amytal .

Article: 'Suicide case' GP is suspended; Guilty of misconduct: Dr ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... GMC, said what Dr Kerr did was like ... panel ruled that Dr Kerr prescribed the ... Patient A, with sodium amytal 'solely for the ... found he prescribed sodium amytal without adequate ... adequate notes. Dr Kerr, who had a surgery ...

Article: SUICIDE PILLS DOC GETS 6 MONTH BAN; Rap for 'irresponsible' Scots ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  July 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... law is an ass", Dr Kerr smiled and said ... known as Patient A, sodium amytal "solely for the ... ending her life". Dr Kerr said he gave her ... 2005, aged 87. Dr Kerr also prescribed sodium amytal pills to five other ...

Article: GP is accused of giving OAP pills for suicide
Evening Times;  July 15, 2008 ;     489 words ... ... also heard that Dr Kerr stated, in a ... sleeping tablet) sodium amytal . . . for the ... appraisal, confirmed Dr Kerr had spoken of sodium amytal and said he had ... not taken them. Dr Kerr admits prescribing sodium amytal to patient A with ...

Article: The law is an ass,says doctor who gave drugs for suicide; ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... people think.' Dr Kerr, who became emotional ... Patient A, with 30 sodium amytal sleeping pills in ... years later, when Dr Kerr was investigated ... her from suicide. Dr Kerr said: 'I think sodium amytal was an insurance ...

Article: GP at centre of suicide row suspended
The Scotsman;  July 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... rather than helping them to die. Dr Kerr prescribed 30 sodium amytal sleeping pills to the former ... death, expressed concerns about Dr Kerr's case. Its spokesman, James ... sympathy for the position in which Dr Kerr found himself. Spokeswoman ...

Article: GP banned over suicide case backs euthanasia campaign; Dr Iain ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... who want to kill themselves. Dr Kerr, 62, has been invited by LibDem ... work in jeopardy.' In 1998, Dr Kerr prescribed 30 sodium amytal tablets to an elderly woman after ... temazepam in a failed suicide bid but Dr Kerr did not refer her to hospital ...