Yesterday’s edition of the LA Times featured an op-ed by contributor and author Diana Wagman, titled “Time for Dad to die.” The op-ed by Wagman is even worse than the title would lead one to believe. The opening sentence of her piece gives us fair warning: I love my 90-year-old father, and I wish he … Continue reading LA Times: “Time for Dad to die” a really disturbing essay
I’m a little late on this, but William Saletan, national correspondent for Slate.com, wrote a pretty thoughtful analysis of the current medical debates regarding the definition of death. First published as an essay on Slate, “The Doctors Who are Redefining Life and Death” was published in the Sunday, Oct. 5th edition of the Washington Post. … Continue reading Washington Post: Saletan on “Redefining Life and Death”
The Democrat & Chronicle reports that Dorothy Livadas died after being removed from her ventilator today: Strong Memorial Hospital officials confirmed that Dorothy Livadas, the 97-year-old Rochester woman whose end-of-life care was the center of a months-long legal battle, died this afternoon. Livadas had remained on a ventilator for about seven months, while her daughter … Continue reading Dorothy Livadas is Dead
Yesterday, I received email from Ianthe Livadas. Ianthe was removed as her mother’s guardian in a dispute with Strong Memorial Hospital here in Rochester. This is part of what she wrote: …her current attending (he doesn’t even know her) just told me that CFC has decided that my mother should be disconnected, and that the … Continue reading Dorothy Livadas Scheduled to Die Today
I found an “interesting” article from the Kalamazoo Gazette, 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 … Continue reading New “futile care” promotion includes attack on ADA
