Diane Coleman Transitioning to New Role as CEO of Not Dead Yet in August Most readers of this blog and anyone else who is familiar with NDY knows that Diane Coleman is the founder and President of the group. On August 1, 2011, Diane Coleman will transition to a new role as the full time … Continue reading GREAT NEWS: Diane Coleman Transitioning to New Role as CEO of Not Dead Yet in August
Dutch media are framing the latest survey of medical professionals somewhat differently than I have in the headline here. Radio Netherlands titles their story “Dutch doctors wary of euthanasia for dementia,” while DutchNews.nl features the title “Doctors reluctant to help patients with dementia die.” Both news entitities take pains to minimize the percentage of doctors … Continue reading Netherlands: One-third of Doctors Willing to Euthanize Patients with Early Dementia
Crippen Cartoonist (aka Dave Lupton) is a brilliant cartoonist and a disability rights activist. In my current mode of “catch-up,” I want to point people to his latest blog entry, which as usual, features cartoon, with click-able full text description. The latest entry is titled “Making assisted suicide more accessible?!” Here are the first few … Continue reading Crippen’s Blog – “Making assisted suicide more accessible?”
It’s been a long couple of weeks. The month started with the death of Jack Kevorkian and a nonstop barrage of eulogizing and mythologizing his life. This week, we had the sorry spectacle of Terry Pratchett’s “infomercial” on assisted suicide featuring the spectacle of another rich disabled man drinking some poison and dying on camera. … Continue reading The American Muslim (publication) – “Euthanasia: a Modest Proposal” by Rev. Frank Julian Gelli
First, specific airing of Largest Minority on WBAI mentioned earlier this week is now archived in mp3 format. You can listen to the show if you missed it and still want to check it out. Today, a public and private funeral and memorial was held for Jack Kevorkian. I won’t link to the press coverage … Continue reading In Memorium: The Things NDYers Have Said About Kevorkian Over the Years
