by APFLI | May 29, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
As of 1Sept05, MO Medicaid will no longer pay for feeding tubes, nutritional formula, breathing machines, canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchair batteries and other medical equipment necessary for people with disabilities. The medical equipment and services are now...
by APFLI | Jan 7, 2006 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Belgian Pharmacists Given Green Light to Supply Euthanasia Cocktail Swiss Hospital Sanctions Euthanasia Attorney Who Helped Cause Terri Schiavo’s Death Leads a “Euthanasia Cruise” Georgia Feeding Tube Bill Filed for 2006 Parole Board Denies Ailing...
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 | Mar 30, 2005 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Girl Fed Through Feeding Tube for 7 Years Now Eating Orally Comment: This story points out the inherent discrimination involved in the feeding tube issue. Obviously, the feeding tube was not considered extraordinary, risky “life support” for this little...
