Lisa Blumberg: Recent Medscape Survey Indicates that Doctors are Divided on Life and Death Issues

December 29, 2022"end of life", aid in dying, assisted suicide, futile care, futility, Health care decision-making, healthcare rationing, life-sustaining treatment, Our News & Commentary Blog, passive euthanasia, quality of life judgments, treatment withdrawalassisted suicide, futility, Surrogate decision making, treatment withholdingDiane Coleman

…the person but the person will have disabilities. When the replies to this question are compared to the replies to the previous question, the implications are that more doctors would be more willing to defer to a family’s request when the decision is for death than when the decision is for life. 65% of doctors would at least consider taking a person off life support even if there is a chance the patient might survive if that is what the family wan…

Lisa Blumberg: Promoting the Better Dead Than Disabled Ethos to Kids

October 25, 2022"death with dignity", ableism, ageism, aid in dying, assisted suicide, better dead than disabled, Canada, euthanasia, hospice, Lisa Blumberg, MAID, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide, Canadian Virtual Hospice, children's activity book, euthanasia, Lisa BlumbergDiane Coleman

…ce.ca/maid https://www.virtualhospice.ca/maid/media/3bdlkrve/maid-activity-book.pdf Ibid., pg. 1,4 Ibid.,pg. 23 Ibid., pp. 12-14 Ibid., pg. 4 https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/medical-assistance-in-dying-how-do-people-die-from-maid https://www.virtualhospice.ca/maid/media/3bdlkrve/maid-activity-book.pdf 5 https://www.virtualhospice.ca/maid/media/3bdlkrve/maid-activity-book.pdf 5-6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6882029/ https://sp…

NDY Public Comment To FDA On Patient Focused Drug Development for Chronic Pain

…hs Cutting Off Chronic Pain Patients from Opioids, August 15, 2018 https://www.statnews.com/2018/08/15/oregon-medicaid-tapering-opioids/ [19] Schatman, M. et al., U.S. Chronic Pain Practitioners and Scientists Comment on Oregon Forced Taper Proposal (National Pain Report,July 31, 2018) http://nationalpainreport.com/u-s-chronic-pain-practitioners-and-scientists-comment-on-oregon-forced-taper-proposal-8836865.html [20] https://www.congress.gov/bill/…

NDY Public Comment To U.S. Senate Aging Committee About Guardianship & Its Alternatives

…CEO dcoleman@notdeadyet.org Lisa Blumberg, JD, Consultant ENDNOTES https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedknutson/2018/04/18/vast-majority-of-elder-financial-abuse-by-guardians-can-be-prevented-experts-tell-senate/#131a010a5caa https://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SDM-Summit-Conclusions-and-Recommendations.pdf, https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_aging/2017_SDM_%20Resolution_Final.authcheckdam.pdf http://supp…

John Kelly’s Testimony Before the Connecticut Public Health Committee in Opposition to HB 5326

…,” Ventura County Star, January 14, 2013 http://tinyurl.com/lwh7z4p Boston.com, “Question 2: Physician-Assisted Suicide.” Interactive Map http://tinyurl.com/a9pgk6n Ira Byock, “Vermont: Testimony of Ira Byock, MD to Vermont Senate Committee on Health and Welfare Hearing on End of Life Choices,” January 31, 2013. http://tinyurl.com/kuolula James A. Colbert, M.D., et al., “Physician-Assisted Suicide — Polling Results,” New England Journal of Medicin…