by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Margo MacDonald has agreed to remove the disability clause from her assisted suicide bill A proposal to allow disabled people in Scotland to kill themselves is set to be dropped following pressure from disability campaigners. Bill Scott, Policy Officer at the campaign...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Diane Coleman is president and CEO of Not Dead Yet, a national disability organization that opposes legalization of assisted suicide. Not Dead Yet is based in Rochester. People are often surprised to learn that all of the major national disability rights groups that...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
[Comment: Yes, they [Living Wills] have [failed], and most of them are downright dangerous. However, note the example of short-term ventilator assistance for pneumonia. This is probably new information for most people. This is why I tell my patients who are wondering...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
Guest commentary by William E. May, Ph.D. Frequently, elderly people like me (I will soon be 82 years old), some suffering from an assortment of health problems, are heard to say that they don’t want to be a burden on their families, especially their spouses and...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Local authorities in Zurich are asking questions about the assisted suicide facility Dignitas, after 300 urns containing human ashes were found in Lake Zurich this week. The urns bear the logo of the Nordheim crematorium, which is used by Dignitas. Former Dignitas...
