by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A report issued by the federal Institute of Medicine (IOM) said that most people will receive at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis in their lifetimes that could result in missed treatments or even death. “Diagnostic errors persist throughout all settings of care...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Even euthanasia supporters are calling developments in Belgium “worrisome” as a result of two, newly revealed cases that have been given formal approval for medically-induced death. Others see these cases as the tragic result of an ethical “slippery slope” that...
by APFLI | Oct 5, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
[Comment: Note the quote about why Governor Brown signed this bill after it was defeated 4 times in committee with weeks of deliberation: “”In the end, I was left to reflect on what I would want in the face of my own death,” the governor wrote. “I do...
by APFLI | Sep 30, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
“If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you . . .” (“If” by Rudyard Kipling) Yesterday’s decision in the case of John Jay Hooker, et al v. Tennessee, handed down by Chancellor Carol L. McCoy, is...
by APFLI | Sep 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
On September 16, the American College of Physicians sent the following letter to California Governor Jerry Brown asking him to veto the End of Life Option Act (ABX2-15), which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. Dear Governor Brown, The American College of...
