…of Will Rogers, who said “I never met a man I didn’t like.” In the Bizarro world of Egbert and company, it runs like this: “I (almost) never saw a suicide plea from someone who didn’t deserve to die.” From the article: As medical director and co-founder of the Georgia-based Final Exit Network, Egbert in the past four years approved the applications of people who wanted to die because they were diagnosed with terminal cancer. He approved the applic…
…me reason, I as a psychosocially disabled, neurodivergent person do not entrust my mental wellbeing to someone who wants to cure the world of my existence. As knowledge is power, we must also gain an understanding of the forces that shape who and what we are in this world, realizing that no one is worthless in and of themselves, but is instead marked that way by oppressive outside sources. For me, opposing assisted suicide is not only rooted in a…
…erans WASHINGTON,DC – Ex-Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) raised eyebrows again today in comments he made at an event to publicize “World Suicide Prevention Day.” On September 10th, events are put on to explain that suicide is a preventable tragedy and to put the focus on the need for more suicide prevention resources. Simpson’s comments were made in response to a reporter’s request for a reaction after Simpson abruptly left a presentation in a large m…
…html [10] “Study Links Disparities In Pain Management To Racial Bias,” UVA Today, April 4, 2016, https://news.virginia.edu/content/study-links-disparities-pain-management-racial-bias; “Black patients half as likely to receive pain medication as white patients, study finds,” The Guardian, August 10, 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/10/black-patients-bias-prescriptions-pain-management-medicine-opioids [11] Kelly K. Daneen, et al.,…
Hot off the press, first from an article from today’s US News & World Report, carefully titled “Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law May Overlook Depressed Patients“: WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law may not adequately protect the one in four terminally ill patients with clinical depression, a new study says. The Death with Dignity Act was passed by the state in 1997, and there’s been intense debate about the…
