…lities: Medical Procedures that Violate Civil Rights, at pp. 10-11. http://www.ndrn.org/images/Documents/Resources/Publications/Reports/Devaluing_People_with_Disabilities.pdf The procedures outlined in the DCD proposal appear to treat people who depend on a ventilator or other form of life support, but are not otherwise terminally ill (e.g. from end stage cancer), as though they are expendable commodities rather than people. These individuals are…
…the “loss of autonomy” (92%), “less able to engage in activities” (89%), “loss of dignity” (80%), “loss of control of bodily functions” (50%), and “feelings of being a burden” (40%).[1] Pain does not even break the top five reasons given. And if one is inclined to decry the Oregon data, and wishes to nonetheless contend that pain relief really is at the heart of these legislative initiatives, then why not fulsomely invest efforts to make palliati…
…ayed For Sick Daughter, Huffington Post, Jul. 3, 2013, available at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/madeline-kara-neumann-prayer-death_n_3539974.html. [2] In In the Matter of the Guardianship of L.W., 167 Wis. 2d 53, 482 N.W. 2d 60 (Wis. 1992), the Wisconsin Supreme Court carved out a limited exception to this principle for situations in which the individual is in a persistent vegetative state. Amici note, without commenting on this excep…
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…t Report 2 Less able to engage in activities making life enjoyable (90.6%) Losing autonomy (89.6%) Loss of dignity (74.8%) Burden on family, friends/caregivers (58.6%) Let me show how this is relevant to me and my colleagues. Less able to engage in activities making life enjoyable — With the dedicated support of my personal assistants, I have lived in my own home for 30 years, worked, traveled, done things with friends, and basically had a great l…
