by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Suicide is more common among older Americans than any other age group. The statistics are daunting. While people 65 and older account for 12 percent of the population, they represent 16 percent to 25 percent of the suicides. Four out of five suicides in older adults...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The Japanese Association of Acute Medicine issued a statement this week approving the practice of euthanasia for terminally-ill patients under certain circumstances. A person can be euthanized if they ask for it in writing, if a review is done by a panel of doctors...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Nurses will be able to decide that a dying patient should not be resuscitated under controversial new guidelines. Until now, only GPs and consultants could say whether there was any point in continuing efforts to save a life. But guidance issued last night by the...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
His feeding tube had been removed. Doctors said he had only a small chance of recovery. His wife pulled his feeding tube after a week. But Friday, Jesse Ramirez walked out of the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. It has been an amazing five months for the US...
by APFLI | May 20, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Exit International in Switzerland that facilities assisted suicides is no longer reserving them for the terminally ill. At its annual conference and general membership meeting, the organization overwhelmingly adopted a resolution to that effect. The resolution...
