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 3, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Doctors Failed to Report Half of All Euthanasia Deaths in Belgium http://www.lifenews.com/2015/03/27/doctors-failed-to-report-half-of-all-euthanasia-deaths-in-belgium/
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...
by APFLI | Jan 7, 2014 | 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
We have written dozens of stories the common theme of which is that patients diagnosed in a “persistent vegetative state” or “minimally conscious” are either (a) misdiagnosed or (b) much more aware than they are given credit for....
