by APFLI | Mar 17, 2007 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Where is Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) allowed? Euthanasia — the Netherlands and Belgium. Assisted suicide — the Netherlands, Belgium and Oregon. Isn’t Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) considered a private and personal act? While...
by APFLI | Feb 22, 2007 | Legislation / Court Cases
Pro-life advocates protested at the district offices of a state legislator who wants to make California the next state to legalize assisted suicide after Oregon voters pushed through a law there. They said assisted suicide brings the elderly and disabled death instead...
by APFLI | Dec 5, 2005 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
By Short-Circuiting Pain Signals, These Drugs Are Poised To Curb The Silent Epidemic That Affects Tens Of Millions. On April 29, 1997, the supermarket tabloid the National Examiner ran this headline on its cover: "Miracle Pain Cure: Deadly Snail Venom." The...
by APFLI | Apr 8, 2005 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Palliative care is aimed at the relief of suffering and improving the quality of life for persons who are living with or dying from advanced illness or are bereaved. It affirms life and regards dying as a normal process. It neither hastens nor postpones death. It...
by APFLI | Jun 22, 2004 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
DUTCH DOCTORS SEE TERMINAL SEDATION AS ALTERNATIVE TO EUTHANASIA — A new survey of Dutch doctors reveals that advances in pain management have helped somewhat to mute the call for euthanasia in the Netherlands. But others see the idea as a different form of...
