…abilities;, Olivier De Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights; and Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons The Special Rapporteurs are part of what is known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitor…
…not substitute for people with disabilities and the organizations that are run by us. 2) It is essential that the initiative develop approaches that put individual patient self-determination as the top priority in establishing the value of health care treatments. PIPC rightly points out that a risk in alternative payment models based on “value” is that “value” may be defined in a “one size fits all” manner that does not recognize differences among…
…ude to the other exceptional cases.” Kevorkian has openly admitted that he designed his suicide device as an answer for quadriplegics. He has said that he perceives physical disability as a cause of extreme human suffering that can be addressed by “medicide.” He also argued, as did the Nazis, that society will benefit from the deaths of incurably disabled people. Chillingly, he wrote: “. . . the voluntary self-elimination of individual and mortall…
…ouncil [1] Joiner, T. E., Pettit, J. W., Walker, R. L., Voelz, Z. R., Cruz, J., Rudd, M. D., & Lester, D. (2002). Perceived burdensomeness and suicidality: Two studies on the suicide notes of those attempting and those completing suicide. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21(5), 531-545. [2] W. Breitbart, “Cancer Pain and Suicide,” in Advances in Pain Research and Therapy, ed. K. M. Foley et al., vol (New York: Raven Press, 1990), 399…
…ngton, DC 20201 RE: DISCRIMINATION ON THE BIAS OF DISABILITY IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES – PROPOSED RULE DOCKET NUMBER HHS-OCR-2023-0013 Dear Secretary Becerra: Not Dead Yet, a national disability rights organization focused on combatting healthcare discrimination and “better dead than disabled” biases, is pleased to respond to the Health and Human Services (HHS) September 14, 2023, request for comment on the proposed rule…
