…tate reports admitted: “As best we could determine, all participating physicians complied with the provisions of the Act. . . . Under reporting and noncompliance is thus difficult to assess because of possible repercussions for noncompliant physicians reporting to the division.” Further emphasizing the serious limits on state oversight under the assisted suicide law, Oregon authorities also issued a release in 2005 clarifying that they have No aut…
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…of an incurable and irreversible medical condition that an attending physician anticipates, within reasonable medical judgment, will produce a patient’s death within six months if the progression of such condition follows its typical course. The progression of spinal muscular atrophy is death if it follows its typical course. I am almost 60 years old because I have been vigorously interfering with the typical course of SMA. When I was 35 I became…
…ns following withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, OPTN/UNOS should solicit comments from organizations representing people with these conditions. Nothing about us without us. Addition of the Term “Disease” Handled in a Misleading Manner According to the public comment notice: “While rare, DCD donation may occur in patients that do not have a neurological injury, but a disease that renders them ventilator dependent (i.e. amyotrophic lateral scl…
…ons that have taken a position on the issue deciding to oppose assisted suicide laws. Regarding the specific provisions of New Zealand’s End of Life Choice bill, we fully endorse the submission of our Canadian sister organization, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet, which provides a section by section analysis of the bill in Part 3 of its submission. We will not repeat that here. The most horrific reality of this bill is that no disabled person, whether…
