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 | May 18, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
About one-third of family caregivers admit to abusive behavior toward their family member with dementia, mainly verbal abuse, a new survey suggests. Although levels of physical or frequent abuse were low, those with the most abusive behavior might have been afraid to...
by APFLI | May 15, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED, Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
This story is not unique. It is happening thousands of times a year. Please be aware of what is happening in some U.S. hospitals, nursing homes and Hospice. “I believe my mother was killed while in hospice care this August. Mother had congestive heart failure,...
by APFLI | May 13, 2015 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Starvation is not mercy. Should the law compel nursing homes to starve certain Alzheimer’s patients to death? This is not an alarmist fantasy, but a real question, soon to be forced by advocates of ever-wider application of assisted euthanasia. The intellectual...
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...