Dan Markingson's Mother Replies to University of Minnesota VP Mulcahy

Mary Weiss, the mother of Dan Markingson, replies to University of Minnesota VP Mulcahy's Minnesota Daily Letter to the Editor. Dan committed suicide while enrolled in a University drug trial.

March 3, 2011 at 2:19PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Dr. Mulcahy's original letter appeared in the Minnesota Daily. I'd encourage interested readers to read it as well as my own comments at the end of the article. With the permission of Mary Weiss, I here reprint her letter. It should receive widespread attention in the community. Steps should be taken, including an independent investigation, to assure that such incidents do not occur in the future. To argue that what happened is not illegal is a far cry from the Hippocratic Oath: First do no harm.


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