A Disability Perspective on the Issue of Physician Assisted Suicide – Disability and Health Journal

January 13, 2010American Public Health Association, analysis, assisted suicide, carol gill, diane coleman, Marilyn Golden, Mercatornet, Michael Cook, Our News & Commentary Blog, researchStephen Drake

…uous language in the Obama administration’s health reform legislation or scrutinising the publications of his health advisors for a few indiscreet phrases, the elderly and their relatives ought to be worried about the 30,000 members of the APHA. They are the ones who could be sitting on the “death panels”. The authors of the articles in the Disability and Health Journal certainly are worried. The journal issue has articles by authors familiar to r…

Update on Kaylee Wallace & Hospital for Sick Children

April 20, 2009bioethics, blog recommendations, Canada, life-ending decisions, organ donation, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…t is such a confusing syndrome that it confused them, even the best in the world,” Wallace explained. Readers might have noted that a press release issued by the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) noted a history with the Sick Children’s hospital. That history is revealed in a post at the What Sorts of People Blog. Most of the post is devoted to a press release issued by Barbara and Timothy Farlow, tying the current situation to the…

Advisory: Disability Rights Advocates Opposing Assisted Suicide Available for Interviews

June 4, 2024Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

…ector of the Disability Policy Consortium (DPC), says: “Until we live in a world where free, high-quality health care and personal care assistants (PCA) services are available to everyone, where ableist stigma didn’t tell people with disabilities that their lives don’t have value, we must not pass this law.” DPC Director of Advocacy Harry Weissman will attend and be available to speak with the media. Kelly notes that all the leading national disab…

Peter Singer in Chicago: NDY Moved, But Disability Activism Remains

March 30, 2009activism, blog recommendations, infanticide, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter SingerStephen Drake

…the title echoes his latest book (THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVE Acting Now to End World Poverty), in which Singer argues that individuals who are economically comfortable, or safe, in developed countries should do more, and have a responsibility to do more, to help end poverty and starvation in developing countries. Many people, both university students and community members, attended the lecture, but not everyone was interested to hear about the new boo…

Reality Vs. Myths of Pet Euthanasia (Part 1)

February 12, 2009dick sobsey, euthanasia, Our News & Commentary Blog, pets, reality checkStephen Drake

…om the column: Who was Debbie? If you missed her death notice, she was the world’s oldest polar bear at Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo, who died at 41 years of age. Due to a number of strokes, zoo keepers decided Debbie had suffered enough and painlessly ended her life. But unlike the polar bear, a friend of mine recently experienced an agonizing death which has prompted this column. I’ve often written that if I were allowed a committee to overse…