by APFLI | Aug 15, 2013 | Abortion - Archive
During the first two years of this 2010 decade, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that nearly a billion people suffered from chronic undernourishment. United Nations data suggests that children were the most affected – almost half of all...
by APFLI | Apr 30, 2007 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
BACKGROUND Not long ago, the concept of legalized assisted suicide, or lethal overdoses or injections for sick or handicapped people would have been considered outrageous and obscene, reminiscent of the ugly time earlier in this century in which medicine ran...
by APFLI | Mar 17, 2007 | Imposed Death - Definitions / Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide / VSED
Most of us are not going to even consider euthanasia or physician assisted suicide! So, do we have any real concerns for our end of life care, or that of our parents and families? YES! There are two main concerns: making sure that your desires for the end of your life...
by APFLI | Oct 4, 2005 | Responses - Declarations / DPA / Advance Directives / Talking Points
This is a report by the Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics of the National Right to Life Committee, 15April20005 (it is a 29 page report on Adobe). The Report found that most states do not require doctors to honor advance directives that direct food, fluids,...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2005 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
By Stephen Drake SPECIAL TO THE RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL (Nevada)Research Analyst for “Not Dead Yet,” a national disabilities group 11/22/2003 1. Do you support advance directives? Why or why not? We support detailed advance directives in regard to...
