by APFLI | May 6, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
A Swiss study, published in the journal European Psychiatry, found that “witnessing death by assisted suicide impacts the mental health of family members and friends.” Researchers conducted a cross-sectional survey of 85 family members or close friends who witnessed...
by APFLI | May 6, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
A minority of Dutch physicians, about one in three, would consider granting a request for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) for a patient with early dementia or psychiatric disease, or one who is just “tired of living” (without severe...
by APFLI | May 6, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
[Comment: Oregon report website at http://public.health.oregon.gov/ProviderPartnerResources/EvaluationResearch/DeathwithDignityAct/Documents/year17.pdf , you will see that 93% of the victims were enrolled in hospice. N. Valko RN] The 2014 Oregon assisted suicide...
by APFLI | May 6, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Abstract Allowing physician-assisted suicide would be a grave mistake for four reasons. First, it would endanger the weak and vulnerable. Second, it would corrupt the practice of medicine and the doctor–patient relationship. Third, it would compromise the family and...
by APFLI | May 6, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
UPDATE: On February 6, 2015, Canada’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down the country’s ban on physician-assisted suicide for mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses. Parliament and provincial legislators have a year to draft new legislation. Roe v. Wade...
by APFLI | Jan 7, 2014 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED, Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
We have written dozens of stories the common theme of which is that patients diagnosed in a “persistent vegetative state” or “minimally conscious” are either (a) misdiagnosed or (b) much more aware than they are given credit for....
by APFLI | Aug 15, 2010 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
POLST: stands for Physician's Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment. In some states it is called MOLST (medical orders for life-sustaining treatment) or similar names. A one page, two-sided form printed on brightly colored heavy paper, it is placed in the...
by APFLI | Aug 20, 2007 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Oregon’s Health Care Rationing Plan for Poor and Uninsured in Trouble Oregon’s controversial health care rationing plan is in serious financial trouble. The plan is unique among state Medicaid programs because it rations medical treatment for poor and...
by APFLI | Mar 17, 2007 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Most of us are not going to even consider euthanasia or physician assisted suicide! So, do we have any real concerns for our end of life care, or that of our parents and families? YES! There are two main concerns: making sure that your desires for the end of your life...
by APFLI | Mar 17, 2007 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Where is Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) allowed? Euthanasia — the Netherlands and Belgium. Assisted suicide — the Netherlands, Belgium and Oregon. Isn’t Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) considered a private and personal act? While...
by APFLI | Aug 8, 2005 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Dr. David Stevens worked in Africa for 13 years. He saw first hand the complications associated with dehydration. Here is his description: “As dehydration begins there is extreme thirst, dry mouth and thick saliva. The patient develops severe cramping in the...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2005 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana From Small Beginnings… “Whatever proportions these crimes [in Nazi Germany] finally assumed, it became evident to all who investigated them that they had...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2005 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
This is a very brief list of persons who have come forth from lengthy comas, or from persistent vegetative state. Other examples can be found in this website… “Their inability to satisfy our longing for response does not justify abandonment or imposed...
by APFLI | Sep 10, 2004 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
By Dave Andrusko Although her case is drenched in arcane legal language about separation of powers and privacy, the bottom line for 40-year-old Terri Schindler-Schiavo is frightfully simple: will the seven judges of the Florida Supreme Court render a verdict that...
by APFLI | Sep 9, 2004 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Seventeen (17) national disability organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief, the third disability brief in the case. These groups are concerned that the critical implications for our individual rights in the health-care system have been obscured by political...
by APFLI | Aug 2, 2004 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
17 Disability groups back Jeb Bush on Schiavo case – insist order to terminate life is ‘not a private family matter’ A coalition of 17 national disability-rights organizations have thrown their support behind Gov. Jeb Bush in his legal battle over...
by APFLI | Jul 17, 2004 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
The following excerpts are from the article “The Case of Terri Schiavo: Setting the Public Record Straight”, Euthanasia: Imposed Death, Human Life Alliance (www.humanlife.org), 2004: “Nat Hentoff, journalist for the Village Voice, has covered...
by APFLI | Jun 8, 2004 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Florida Supreme Court to Hear Terri Schiavo Case (LAKELAND, FL) – Over the objections of FL Governor Jeb Bush, a Florida appeals court has decided to “fast-track” Michael Schiavo’s bid to have his wife’s feeding tube removed so...