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New “futile care” promotion includes attack on ADA

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…te, thanks to Bobby Schindler, who is doing some guest blogging for Wesley Smith while Wesley is on vacation. Bobby has his own valuable insights on the article, but I wanted to write about a couple of things that jumped right out at me. The article is a profile of Dr. Kenneth Fisher, who has recently published a book that pushes – hard – for greater implementation of “futile care” decisions by strengthening the autonomy of medical professionals a…

Dorothy Livadas Case Complex – and Hospital’s Misuse of Language Doesn’t Help

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…orothy Livadas, a battle that has life and death consequences. Both Wesley Smith and Thaddeus Pope have written about the messy situation surrounding Dorothy Livadas. Interestingly, both Wesley and Pope have termed this case as one revolving “futility.” I respectfully disagree. Here’s the short version: Dorothy Livadas has been in a coma for over five months. She signed a detailed living will that indicated she didn’t want ventilation or tube feed…

Peter Singer in NY Times Magazine: Disability Community Responds!

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…te Alicia Paterni Rob Pedlow Ph. D Kathy Podgers Andrew P. Porter Edith M Prentiss Sarah Pripas Adarsh Pyarelal Amy F. Robertson Ralph Savarese, PhD Phil Schwarz Jeff Shannon Alice Sheppard Thomas K. Small Eleanor Smith Laura Smith Phil Smith, Ed.D. Raphael J. St. Johns, MS Lorraine Stephens Robin Stephens Maria Strong Lynne Tamor Nathan D. Turner Michael Volkman Joy E. Weeber, Ph.D. Kathi Whittaker Rob Wilson Alison Young Tony Young Lynn Zaritsky…

An elderly woman’s “mercy killing” looking more like murder – an overview of elderly homicide/suicides

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…for, to give me hope, why would I look to you and say take my life,” said Smith. The judge says the grand jury will consider the murder charge, and Chumbley is to stay in jail on a $200,000 cash bond. “Now he took my baby’s life. Let the Justice system take his,” said Smith. She claims Chumbley also kept her daughter from some of her doctor’s appointments and chemotherapy, treatments that could have helped her. Personally, I don’t think we should…

Satire Alert: “The Spoof” Says Alan Simpson Wants to Eliminate Suicide Prevention for Seniors and Veterans

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…day here, check out the blog entry for last year’s suicide prevention day. Wesley Smith has written something along the same lines for this year’s non-event. There’s not much I could write about the suicide prevention folks that’s not already been said in last year’s post. So I was glad to see this show up in my news feed. And – before anyone blows a gasket – please remember it’s a satire piece, not real news. Deficit Reduction Co-Chair Alan Simps…