by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: How easy is it to drug someone you want dead, then put a bag over their head and say “he/she wanted to die I guess…. I was just there…” Cheryl. CHN] [Ed. Comment: As noted, how do we know this isn’t premeditated murder using...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Trying to Discourage Suicide Tourism With Support from the Zurich Parliament, a referendum to discourage “suicide tourism” in Switzerland will be held on 28Nov10. The measure is aimed at curtailing the suicide trade of Dignitas, the clinic near Zurich that...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Brain-damaged patients who appear to have lost signs of conscious awareness might still be able to create new memories — showing signs of new neural networks and potential for partial recovery, a new study shows. In patients who have survived severe brain...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Live in Washington State? In a crisis? Suicidal? Call 911. Then what? A dispatcher sends crisis negotiators who, if they follow the suggestions provided at a recent negotiators’ training session, could help you consider “all options.” If you’re...
by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
If Obama wants to better understand why America’s discomfort with end-of-life discussions threatens to derail his health-care reform, he might begin with his own Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He will quickly discover how government bureaucrats are...
