by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
We hear often from assisted suicide advocates that most who die by doctor prescribed death in Oregon were in hospice–as if that makes it okay. I have indicated here and elsewhere, that this merely means assisted suicide facilitators have interfered with proper medical...
by APFLI | May 15, 2015 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Comment: The basic principles are sound for anyone. N. Valko RN 2nd Comment, 2nd Nurse: Unless the donor is alive and can live with one organ (kidney for instance), and the transplant will not kill the donor, it is morally and ethically in question. Back in my 20s we...
by APFLI | May 15, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
“Jump off!” “Stop wasting our time, we’ve been here for ages, do us a favor!” the crowd gathered outside the McDonald’s restaurant shouted to the man 50 feet above them. The 38-year-old, after eleven hours of police negotiation,...
by APFLI | May 15, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
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law tells us that, in the context of health care, 1) food and water are basic treatment and care, and should not be withdrawn lightly; 2) morphine must not be used aggressively to hasten death when a patient is not near the time of death; and 3) pain...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 | May 13, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
Members of Human Life International (HLI) Switzerland helped to organize a pro-life conference in Zurich, Switzerland in 2012 in opposition to a meeting of euthanasia activists from around the world. “Our aim is not to disrupt their conference,” said HLI Switzerland...
