by APFLI | Sep 28, 2007 | Right to Life - Archive
The 4th Annual Science and Technology Symposium was heldSept. 22 in Dayton, in which the firm LifeTech brought together professionals in scientific, technical and related fields to present research and technology relevant to human life issues. Sponsored by Right to...
by APFLI | Apr 16, 2007 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
1. Palliative Care and Organ Donation http://www.pallimed.org/2006/03/terminal-patients-in-icu-and-organ.html Monday, March 20, 2006 Terminal patients in the ICU and organ donation In my job as a palliative medicine doctor, I am frequently talking with patients and...
by APFLI | Apr 1, 2007 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
NEW TREND IN ORGAN DONATION RAISES QUESTIONS: As Alternative Approach Becomes More Frequent, Doctors Worry That It Puts Donors at Risk. The number of kidneys, livers and other body parts surgeons are harvesting through a controversial approach to organ donation has...
by APFLI | Feb 24, 2006 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Interview with John B. Shea, M.D. Dr. Shea states that ethical heart transplant is not yet possible because of difficulty of determining certain death With the Ontario Legislature entertaining a private members bill to institute presumed consent on organ...
by APFLI | Mar 7, 2004 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
For the past several years, a little-known but disturbing revolution has been occurring in organ donation. In the understandable but sometimes alarming zeal to obtain more organs, the procedure called non-heart-beating organ donation (NHBD) has been quietly added to...
