by APFLI | Oct 9, 2005 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
Comment: Not surprisingly, the media has studiously ignored this report. This chapter is quite long; this is an excerpt. To read the entire chapter or report, please go to the URL. [N Valko R.N.] URL– ...
by APFLI | Oct 4, 2005 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
This is a report by the Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics of the National Right to Life Committee, 15April20005 (it is a 29 page report on Adobe). The Report found that most states do not require doctors to honor advance directives that direct food, fluids,...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2005 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
By Stephen Drake SPECIAL TO THE RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL (Nevada)Research Analyst for “Not Dead Yet,” a national disabilities group 11/22/2003 1. Do you support advance directives? Why or why not? We support detailed advance directives in regard to...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2005 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Morality is a code of conduct which is followed by members of a civilized society. Here are some practical “rules” for making moral decisions regarding the provision or withdrawal of food and fluids, whether the patient is fed orally or through a tube:...
by APFLI | Oct 13, 2004 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Terri Shiavo’s Fight for Life Continues Royal College of Nursing Confirms Opposition to Assisted Dying Bill and Calls for Improved Palliative Care New Pain Drug From Puffer Fish May Nix Reason to Resort to Assisted Suicide: Neurotoxin Could Revolutionize...