by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Brain-damaged patients who appear to have lost signs of conscious awareness might still be able to create new memories — showing signs of new neural networks and potential for partial recovery, a new study shows. In patients who have survived severe brain...
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law tells us that, in the context of health care, 1) food and water are basic treatment and care, and should not be withdrawn lightly; 2) morphine must not be used aggressively to hasten death when a patient is not near the time of death; and 3) pain...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 14, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
In a case that is beginning to resemble the battle over Terri Schiavo, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy ruled that the daughter of radio announcer Casey Kasum can starve and dehydrate him to death by having his food and fluids removed. The bitter...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2005 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
According to top bioethicists, medicine should always be at the service of life – Do No Harm. Even when medical treatment cannot eliminate a serious disease, the goal then is to alleviate suffering. Every possible act and caring attention should be brought into...
