…medical-rationing/ [2] https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr-bulletin-3-28-20.pdf?fbclid=IwAR351WokrC2uQLIPxDR0eiAizAQ8Q-XwhBt_0asYiXi91XW4rnAKW8kxcog [3] https://notdeadyet.org/2020/08/michael-hickson-disability-organizations-challenge-medical-futility-surrogate-decisions.html [4] See https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/features/unrecognizedpopulation.html, and https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6732a3.htm?s_cid=mm6732a3_w…
…Coleman, JD, President/CEO Lisa Blumberg, JD, Consultant FOOTNOTES https://ncd.gov/sites/default/files/NCD_Organ_Transplant_508.pdf https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01452 https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/02/survey-finds-doctors-have-negative-perception-of-patients-with-disability/ https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/11928d05-eddb-46d2-b71e-1ffbc20f594d/FA2109CE679FA4075BF3C26200B25C3D.kin21821.pdf…
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…nsidering withdrawal of medical care. Indeed, in his article discussing end-of-life decision-making regarding children with disabilities, Fost acknowledged that public support for ending the lives of children with disabilities by withdrawing artificial nutrition and hydration is “largely affected by the support of physicians and hospitals” for such a course of action.[10] The court must recognize that when the state empowers physicians to influenc…
…Right to Die Societies, stated: “Similar to other social issues, the right-to-die movement has not arisen separate and distinct from other concurrent developments of our time. In attempting to answer the question Why Now?, one must look at the realities of the increasing cost of health care in an aging society, because in the final analysis, economics, not the quest for broadened individual liberties or increased autonomy, will drive assisted sui…
