…OLST is being used with people who are not terminal. The one-year surprise question is unreliable, yet two state laws even extend POLST to those with a 5-year prognosis.[3] The California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform report that nursing facilities pressured all residents to have a POLST.[4] People with non-terminal disabilities are forced into nursing facilities every day in this country due to the inability to secure appropriate home care se…
…kian’s “clients” and his practices. It’s still available online at: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/NEWS05/70525061/1007/NEWS05 There are more recent journal articles that contain analyses yielding similar results, although not as accessible. I can provide these on request. It’s possible to give Ms. Bowers a “pass” on the mischaracterization of Kevorkian, since most in the media seem to be strangely amnesiac about all this…
…r, 3/6/15) John Kelly: Assisted Suicide Is Still Too Dangerous (bluejersey.com, 11/13/14) Diane Coleman: Who’s really hurt by assisted suicide? (CNN.com, 11/4/14) John Kelly: Why Assisted Suicide Laws are More Dangerous Than People Acknowledge (Counterpunch, 11/3/14) Marilyn Golden: Assisted suicide is bad medicine (Sacramento Bee, 11/1/14) John Kelly: Assisted suicide laws are more dangerous than people acknowledge: Opinion (NJ Star-Ledger, 10/31…
…(Sawyer Arraigned on State Fraud Charges, KTVZ.com, Sept. 7, 2011. http://www.ktvz.com/news/Sawyer-Arraigned-on-State-Fraud-Charges/619440) Kate Cheney, age 85, died by assisted suicide under Oregon’s law even though she had early dementia. Her physician had declined to provide the lethal prescription. Her managed care provider then found another physician to prescribe the lethal dose. The second physician ordered a psychiatric evaluation, which…
…s to Trial on Fraud Charges,” Ventura County Star, January 14, 2013 Boston.com, “Question 2: Physician-Assisted Suicide.” Interactive Map Ira Byock, “Vermont: Testimony of Ira Byock, MD to Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Hearing on End of Life Choices,” January 31, 2013. James A. Colbert, M.D., et al., “Physician-Assisted Suicide — Polling Results,” New England Journal of Medicine, September 12, 2013. Jeanette Hall, “She pushed for…
