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96 These ideas […] extermination camps in Poland : See, for example, Burleigh, Michael. Death and Deliverance : ‘ Euthanasia’ in Germany c. 1900–1945 (London: Pan Books, 2002; 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 1994); Gesundheit, Benjamin, Avraham Steinberg, Shimon Glick, et al, “Euthanasia: An Overview and the Jewish Perspective,” Cancer Investigation , 24 (2006): 621–629. Interview with Dr. Shimon Glick (May 16, 2010).

97 Psychiatrists have profiled : Kaplan, Robert M., “The Clinicide Phenomenon: An Exploration of Medical Murder,” Australian Psychiatry , 15, 4 (2007): 299–304.

98 a Dutch court : See, for example: Sheldon, Tony, “Andries Postma,” BMJ 334, 7588 (February 10, 2007): 320; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1796690/.

99 one pharmacy chain : Multipharma chain. Personal communication, Dr. Eric Dachy, May 5, 2013.

100 not always followed : The study is referred to in Pereira, J., “Legalizing Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide: The Illusion of Safeguards and Controls,” Current Oncology , 18, 2 (April 2011): e38–e45.

101 Groningen Protocol : Verhagen, Eduard and Pieter J. J. Sauer, “The Groningen Protocol—Euthanasia in Severely Ill Newborns,” NEJM 352 (2005): 959–962.

102 “life has been completed” : Peters, Marleen, “Completed Life: What Are We Talking About? Questions and Answers,” trans. Maarten Pennink, Amsterdam, NVVE/Right to Die Netherlands, February 2010.

103 The debate in the United States : See, for example, Cahill, Lisa Sowle, “Richard A. McCormick, S.J.’s ‘To Save or Let Die: The Dilemma of Modern Medicine’” in Walter, Jennifer K. and Eran P. Klein, eds., The Story of Bioethics (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003).

104 Karen Ann Quinlan : See, for example, Lepore, Jill, “The Politics of Death: From Abortion to Health Care—How the Hysterical Style Overtook the National Debate,” The New Yorker (November 30, 2009).

105 Clarence Herbert case : See, for example, Lo, Bernard, “The Death of Clarence Herbert: Withdrawing Care Is Not Murder,” Annals of Internal Medicine , no. 101 (1984): 248–251.

106 Ohio legislature : “An Act Entitled an Act Concerning Administration of Drugs, Etc., to Mortally Wounded and Diseased Persons,” The St. Louis Medical Review , 54 (January 27, 1906). Retrieved from Google Books.

107 Studies in : Summarized in Gostin, Lawrence, “Drawing a Line Between Killing and Letting Die,” The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , 21 (Spring 1993).

108 “N.O. Coroner” : Meitrodt, Jeffrey, “N.O. Coroner Finds No Evidence of Homicide,” Times-Picayune , February 1, 2007, A1.

109 When a New York Times reporter : Nossiter, Adam and Shaila Dewan, “New Orleans Coroner Sees No Evidence Yet for Indictments,” New York Times , February 2, 2007.

110 Karch had staked : See, for example, Karch, Steven B., “Is Post-Mortem Toxicology Quackery?” Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine 10 (2003): 197–198; and Drummer, Olaf, A. Robert W. Forrest, Bruce Goldberger, and Steven B. Karch, “Forensic Science in the Dock: Postmortem Measurements of Drug Concentration in Blood Have Little Meaning,” BMJ 329 (September 18, 2004): 636–7.

111 well-known textbook : Karch, Steven B. and Olaf Drummer. Karch’s Pathology of Drug Abuse (Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 5th ed. available August 2013).

112 “These people were given” : Dr. Michael Baden interview (January 22, 2008).

113 He put Karch’s theory : Wecht and Kaufmann, A Question of Murder , 278–9; Dr. Cyril Wecht interviews with author (2008).

114 reported on the selection : Filosa, Gwen, “Memorial Evidence to Be Reviewed; Murder of 4 Patients After Katrina Alleged,” Times-Picayune , February 16, 2007.

115 “Dr. Pou’s heroism” : “AAO-HNS Statement on the Continuing Prosecution of Dr. Anna Pou,” American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, February 24, 2007; http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/527596.

116 “Very alone” and “What’s Father” : Interview with Dr. Anna Pou (July 23, 2008). See also the website of the National Seelos Shrine & The Seelos Center, New Orleans: www.seelos.org.

117 76 percent : Interview with Richard Simmons (May 2, 2007) and letter from Richard Simmons to author, August 14, 2009.

118 told a reporter : Berry, Jason, “Charles Foti and the Memorial Three,” Gambit Weekly , October 31, 2006.

119 “frivolous lawsuits” : Richard Simmons, comment during author’s interview with Dr. Anna Pou (July 23, 2008) “as Third World” : Dr. Anna Pou comments at Houston disaster-preparedness seminar, May 19, 2007.

120 On May 19 : “Friends of Anna” disaster-preparedness seminar and dinner/fund-raiser held in Houston, Texas, attended by author as described in Notes to Chapter 3.

121 flying at night : Interviews were conducted with ten USCG and USCG Auxiliary members involved in coordinating or conducting nighttime operations at Memorial. The USCG, in response to a FOIA request, also produced a spreadsheet of flight record “bluesheets,” which show that many post-Katrina flight operations took place after dark. There is ample publicly available documentation of nighttime search and rescue operations undertaken at considerable risk after Katrina. See, for example, “The U.S. Coast Guard and Hurricane Katrina: Historical Index”; http://www.uscg.mil/history/katrina/katrinaindex.asp.

122 Pou’s former chairman : Dr. Byron Bailey.

123 World Medical Association : “World Medical Association Statement on Medical Ethics in the Event of Disasters,” adopted September 1994 and revised October 2006; http://www.wma.net/en/30publications/10policies/d7/.

124 collaborated with the attorney : Cobb, James Jr. Flood of Lies : The St. Rita’s Nursing Home Tragedy (Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 2013), p. 227, and interview with James Cobb Jr. (May 4, 2013).

125 “nefarious conspiracy” : The allegation was made in court documents, as described in Rioux, Paul, “Judge Refuses to Remove Foti From St. Rita’s Prosecution,” Times-Picayune , August 1, 2007; http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/08/judge_refuses_to_remove_foti_f.html.

126 hold the Army Corps of Engineers : Cobb, Flood of Lies (p. 226) and interview with James Cobb Jr. (July 2013). Cobb no longer had Foti’s filing available, and the author could not independently verify its content before publication.

127 plot media strategy : Interview with Richard Simmons (May 2, 2007).

128 an ongoing case : See note for page 363 re: the Danziger Bridge shootings.

129 chanting “Heroes!” : Maggi, Laura and Brendan McCarthy, “Cheers, Jeers Greet Jail-Bound Officers in Danziger Bridge Shooting,” Times-Picayune , January 3, 2007; http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2007/01/cheers_jeers_greet_jail-bound.html.

130 On June 13, 2007 : Supreme Court of Louisiana No. 2007-OK-1197 in Re: Special Investigation; http://www.lasc.org/opinions/2007/07OK1197.pfc.dip.pdf; “Application for Supervisory Writs Filed on Behalf of Applicants Witness #1, Witness #2, and Witness #3” (undated); “Motion and Order to Compel Testimony” and “Order,” State of Louisiana in Re Special Investigation, Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans, Special Grand Jury, May 17, 2007; Maggi, Laura, “Immunity Offered to Memorial Nurses to Testify,” Times-Picayune , June 19, 2007; http://blog.nola.com/times-picayune/2007/06/immunity_offered_to_memorial_n.html.