…en fellow NDY member Amber Smock loudly interrupted Dr. Hauser answering a question. As soon as the moderator read the question, Amber shouted, “What about statistics showing people with disabilities are the most vulnerable to physician-assisted suicide? Have you done any research about that?” Dr. Hauser responded that he did’t think the disability population is in any danger of being targeted by PAS. He went on to say that doctors at the Rehabili…
…dy else. I mean why should we be allowed to live? Let’s try to answer this question after a short break. Welcome back to Brave New World Radio program. My name’s John Harrison. Today we’re talking about the terrible theme of euthanasia. I’m joined by Gert Huysmans, the president of the Federation of Palliative care of Flanders, Alex Schadenberg, the Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Ontario, and John Kelly, New England…
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…anship, 21 AM. J. FAM. L. 148 (2008), available at http://www.margaretdore.com/pdf/Dore_AJFL_Winter08.pdf. Dore’s career as an elder law attorney brought new elements to the discussion of potential issues affecting elders who might be victimized. As Dore noted in her ABA article: In 2011, Met Life released [a . . ] study . . . , which described how financial abuse can be catalyst for other types of abuse and which was illustrated by the following…
…lity advocates protest at McConnell’s office,” CNN, June 22, 2017, https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/politics/protests-mitch-mcconnell-office-health-care-bill/index.html; “If You Celebrated the Health Care Vote Last Week, You Should Probably Thank a Disability Activist,” Elle, Aug. 1, 2017, https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a47075/disability-activist-health-care/?src=social-email [ii] “Ethical Decision Making With End-of-Life Care: Pa…
