Time Magazine Article Misrepresents Final Exit Network and Who They “Help”

…analysis of Kevorkian’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 amnes…

NDY Files Public Comment With CMS Re Equity In Organ Transplantation and Donation

…life sustaining treatment prior to and independent of any discussions with organ procurement organizations. Many people are quite willing to be donors should circumstances permit it, but such willingness should not be exploited to influence treatment decisions. Please work with other offices within HHS and with the DOJ to maintain an organ transplant system that all of us can trust to value our lives equally. Please contact us with any questions y…

NDY Full Written Comments on Futile Care Laws and Policies Before the National Council on Disability

…serving’ Law Raises Questions for Doctors, Stateline, May 16, 2013, http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/oklahomas-life-preserving-law-raises-questions-for-doctors-85899476549   [iii] T Pope, Defending Disability Discrimination, Bioethics.net, May 31, 2013, http://www.bioethics.net/2013/05/defending-disability-discrimination/   [iv] A Ne’eman, et al., Organ Transplantation and People with I/DD: A Review of Research, Policy and Nex…

NDY Public Comment on Proposed “Public Charge” Rule of the Dept. of Homeland Security

…avoid coverage due to fear of negative immigration consequences…” https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180927.100295/full/ DHS itself concedes that the changes could result in “worse health outcomes,” “increased use of emergency rooms,” “increased prevalence of communicable diseases,” “increased rates of poverty” as well as other problems. Again, as the Health Affairs blog has stated, “Despite acknowledging these drawbacks, DHS claims…

Lisa Blumberg: Assisted Suicide California Style

…tory.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/obituaries/john-lheureux-dead.html https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/john-lheureux-05-06-19 Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. https://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/home/topics/neurocognitive-disorders/parkinsons-disease/correlates-of-increased-suicidal-ideation-in-parkinson-disease/ New Yorker essay…