by APFLI | Dec 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
This February [2015], The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously that the Canadian law that makes it illegal for anyone to help people end their own lives should be amended to allow doctors to help in specific situations. The court gave federal and provincial...
by APFLI | Dec 10, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive, Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
[Comment: Once again, evil cannot limit itself. N. Valko RN, 10 Dec 2015] Dr Marc Van Hoey with Simona de Moor shortly before she was euthanised. (SBS Dateline) Comment: On December 8, a group of psychiatrists, psychologists, philosophers and others published a letter...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In 2015, in Oregon, a bill has been introduced to expand the definition of ‘terminal disease’ in the state’s doctor-prescribed suicide law. Under the proposal, a patient who is predicted to die within one year — rather than the current six...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The disability community has been trying to have honest end-of-life conversations for years. After all, we’re the real experts on the front lines of the health care system that serves (and, sadly, often underserves) dying people. But for the most part, the megaphone...
by APFLI | Nov 1, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
A report issued by the federal Institute of Medicine (IOM) said that most people will receive at least one wrong or delayed diagnosis in their lifetimes that could result in missed treatments or even death. “Diagnostic errors persist throughout all settings of care...
