Final Exit Network, Zealotry and Groupthink

…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…

Lisa Blumberg: Promoting the Better Dead Than Disabled Ethos to Kids

….gov/pmc/articles/PMC6882029/ https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/trudeau-defends-use-of-two-planes-calls-tory-criticism-a-far-right-tactic https://www.virtualhospice.ca/maid https://www.virtualhospice.ca/maid/media/3bdlkrve/maid-activity-book.pdf Ibid., pg. 1,4 Ibid.,pg. 23 Ibid., pp. 12-14 Ibid., pg. 4 https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/medical-assistance-in-dying-how-do-people-die-from-maid https://www.virtualhospice.ca/maid…

Laura Hershey : 1962-2010

…My disability gives me different view on Terri Schindler-Schiavo case U.S. News & World Report: Handicap is Not a Death Sentence and Should Not be Treated as One You can find much more about Laura and her work at the memorial site that has been set up for friends and admirers to share thoughts and memories with others: Celebrating the Life of Laura Hershey NDY’s founder – Diane Coleman – has known Laura for a long time, both being “regulars” in AD…

NDY Public Comment To FDA On Patient Focused Drug Development for Chronic Pain

…ml [14] Anson, P. Human Rights Watch Investigating US Pain Treatment, Pain News Network. March 15, 2018 https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/3/15/human-rights-watch-investigating-treatment-of-pain-patients [15]Seth, P. et al., Quantifying the Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Overdose Deaths, American Journal of Public Health, March 2018 https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2017.304265 [16] The scourge of fentanyl is more clear…

New Study in BMJ Indicates People with Clinical Depression Getting Lethal Prescriptions in Oregon

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…