I received news of this excellent op-ed by disability activist Joelle Brouner late yesterday. I reserve my comments for the end of the article. Published September 28, 2007Physician-assisted suicide symptom of broken system Washington state is no place for the Oregon-style legalization of physician-assisted suicide. Many people with whom I frequently see eye to eye … Continue reading The Olympian: “Physician-assisted suicide symptom of a broken system,” by Joelle Brouner →

You’ve taken over 300 million breaths in your life. You can’t imagine your next breath being your last. Most of us don’t like thinking about dying. Those who do think about it usually do so in a clinical or academic way. Confronting death for real is hard. Washington Compassion and Choices plans to wage another … Continue reading Social Reverse Triage in Washington State →