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 | Apr 21, 2015 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
The natural law tells us that, in the context of health care, 1) food and water are basic treatment and care, and should not be withdrawn lightly; 2) morphine must not be used aggressively to hasten death when a patient is not near the time of death; and 3) pain...
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....
by APFLI | Mar 17, 2007 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Maryland Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues, 1991 …Following World War II, as the horrors of the Nazi euthanasia program and the Holocaust became undeniable, the Euthanasia Society of America made little progress and, indeed, was essentially quiescent until...
by APFLI | Sep 28, 2005 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A Hired Political Pollster Recommends Disingenuous Language Change for Those Advocates of Assisted Suicide Assisted Suicide leaders held a press teleconference in order to promote new language choices to describe this issue. Based on the advice of their hired...
