…nd mention any of Kevorkian’s numerous articles on the subject or the 1991 book cited above. For example, Eric Meslin, the bioethicist who appeared on Ratigan’s show to pitch death row organ donation, has a page devoted to the subject. Anything by Kevorkian on the subject is conspicuously absent. How is that? It seems to me that someone who is some kind of “expert” on this subject would know about Kevorkian’s devoted and long-term advocacy, which…
…imate discrimination. C. Choice is a slogan, not a reality There can be no free choice to die while disabled people don’t have a free choice in where and how they live Palliative care Home care v. institutional care Mental health care and peer counseling Poverty, unemployment, disenfranchisement Architectural barriers and lack of transportation These issues impact reported assisted suicide patients’ concerns C. Choice is a slogan, not a reality 2….
…iative care projects described on pages 57 – 59 of the Toolkit. Summary of Comments and Recommendations Not Dead Yet and the Center for Disability Rights, along with the undersigned organizations, recommend that the “Conversation Ready” Project be removed from the Toolkit due to the: a) transparent effort to steer safety net community members to sign advance directives that decline lifesaving healthcare and b) extreme bias against people living wi…
…picious death sparked an investigation into FEN, was reported to be cancer-free in the coroner’s report. Under the “Who we serve” section of its website, FEN states that it will serve persons “who are suffering from intolerable medical circumstances and want to end their lives. Those conditions include Cancer, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Emphysema, Congestive Heart Failure, Stroke,…
…e actually private. No press showed up – it’s hard to get Chicago media to come to a protest in a large city like that – and it looks like FEN hadn’t done any press work of its own. Before going to the flyer, Diane Coleman and I want to thank Horacio Esparza, Larry Biondi, Mark Karner, Sam Knight, Clark Craig, Sophia Craig and George Terzakis for all of their help and support. All of these folks are associated with Progress Center for Independent…
