…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…
…outspoken opponents.” Disability rights opposition was also a focus in US News and World Report. Alongside quotes from Not Dead Yet’s Coleman and Kelly, Marilyn Golden of the California-based Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund was quoted regarding the Connecticut bill, saying “This does not promote patient choice. It invites coercion.” As Second Thoughts Connecticut leader Cathy Ludlum told the Yale Daily News, the bill “would basically…
…ready to say goodbye to him, his legacy, his love, and his impact on this world will stand the test of time. We appreciate the love and support from the many who were inspired by Dad, and by those who loved and knew him. As a family we will be taking to time reflect and heal. We plan to hold a celebration of his life and his legacy in the next few months. If you would like to honor Andrés and help continue his life’s work of advocating for the di…
…’m sure to have missed. Stephen Kuusisto has “a disability meditation” out today as he (and all of us) wait for the outcome of the surgery. Kathleen Seidel went from her home in New Hampshire to the hospital to stay with Amanda for a couple of nights. And of course, the real reason all of these good things happened is because of Laura T. – Webmuskie – who emailed people all day Sunday to get everyone informed and ready to intervene in whatever way…
