…, and also a Social Action Network that includes individuals, NGOs, online communities and brands who share a common interest in making the world a better place. We are a division of Participant Media, which has produced culture-shifting films such as An Inconvenient Truth, The Cove, and Waiting for Superman. To date, Participant has developed programs and active, working relationships with more than 300 non-profits. Collectively, we have the pote…
…en anyone around with enough sway with him to suggest otherwise. Footnotes https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/obituaries/john-lheureux-dead.html https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/john-lheureux-05-06-19 https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2019/05/01/and-thus-suicide-began-prolific-author-john-heureux-wrote-his-final-essay-death-and-dignity/m4yqp88Bfb7RqSc1bFX0cM/story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/obituaries/jo…
…be solved with proper evaluation and treatment.” Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/12bJV) “This is irresponsible and downright dangerous; it is the equivalent of handing a gun to someone who is suicidal,” wrote Lanny Berman, president of the International Association of Suicide Prevention, in an email. “This message, communicated to thousands of vulnerable individuals, suffering from psychic and or physical pain that is treatable, invites a tr…
…, Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (“POLST”), Problems and Recommendations http://www.canhr.org/reports/2010/POLST_WhitePaper.pdf [5] See, e.g., www.adapt.org. [6] Delaware Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments (MOLST) Form, November 14, 2012, http://www.medsocdel.org/Portals/1/In%20the%20News/MOLST%20Form%20Letter%20111412.pdf [7] POLST: Honoring Patients’ Wishes for Tre…
…ttp://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year20.pdf [4] https://dredf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Oregon-DHS.pdf [5]http://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year20.pdf [6] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/11/diabetics-eligible-physician-assisted-suicide-oreg/ [7] https://dredf.org/public-policy/assisted-suicide…
