by APFLI | Jul 24, 2015 | Diagnosis - Brain Function / Coma / Persistant Vegetative State / Locked In Syndrome / Awakenings
[Comment: I have been privileged to know this great writer and doctor, Wes Ely. He has also published two wonderful articles in the Wall Street Journal that I have sent in the past. As a nurse, I wish that every doctor could be a doctor like Dr. Ely with great...
by APFLI | Jun 16, 2015 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
[Comment: NDY has done great work in the Brittany Maynard case. I read NDY’s blog, and NDY’s activism is amazing and far surpasses anyone else’s. Please read these excellent NDY talking points below to get a picture of the great work done by Diane Coleman and Stephen...
by APFLI | Jun 8, 2015 | Eugenics / Race-Linked Abortion / Reproductive Racism, Human Development, Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
A study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates widespread discriminatory denial of life-preserving medical treatment to premature infants based on fear that if assisted to live they might have disabilities – in defiance of protective...
by APFLI | May 24, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
The plight of elderly Americans is a top concern for the Center for a Just Society because this population is at significant risk of abuse and neglect. In my law practice, I have spent decades representing elderly men and women who have endured unspeakable nursing...