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
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 | May 6, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Never far from the news it seems the ABC Alice Springs reports today that the Northern Territory Branch of the Australian Medical Association has expelled Philip Nitschke from its ranks. This news comes immediately after the death of Nitschke’s legal council...
by APFLI | Mar 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In states where doctor-prescribed suicide advocates are pushing for legalized assisted suicide, the claim is often made that Oregon’s law has been working well with adequate safeguards to protect patients. It’s a claim without merit, since no one, not even Oregon...
