by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The following article is a media release from the Dignitas suicide clinic in Switzerland. The release explains that a person who was denied a prescription for Sodium Pentobarbital because of that person’s mental illness has now been granted the right to have the...
by APFLI | May 23, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Almost 750 Oregonians died from violence in 2005, with suicide accounting for the majority of those deaths. State health officials report that 555 Oregon residents killed themselves in 2005 — more than five times the amount who died from homicide. Oregon had...
by APFLI | May 21, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In 2004, suicide was the third leading cause of death among youths and young adults aged 10–24 years in the United States, accounting for 4,599 deaths (1,2). During 1990–2003, the combined suicide rate for persons aged 10–24 years declined 28.5%,...
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 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
Research, recently published in the journal Psychophysiology, sheds new light on the condition known as the completely locked-in state (CLIS), a state where the patient’s total lack of muscle control makes communication virtually impossible. Patients totally paralyzed...
