NJ: Disability Groups File Amicus in Betancourt v. Trinitas (futility case)

October 5, 2009betancourt v. trinitas, court decisions, futile care, futility, litigation, new jersey, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…ghter should be appointed his guardian and surrogate decisionmaker for medical treatment, and that Trinitas and its personnel must follow her direction in exercising her father’s right to choose whether or not to continue treatment. Trinitas appealed, arguing that the doctors alone, not the patient or his surrogate, have the right to determine when to terminate care. They also contest the daughter’s appointment as guardian. Ruben Betancourt died o…

More on Betancourt

October 7, 2009betancourt v. trinitas, blog recommendations, court decisions, futile care, futility, litigation, new jersey, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…ding links to other amicus briefs, the best resource I’ve found is the Medical Futility Blog by Thaddeus Mason Pope. Pope disagrees with NDY on a significant number of issues, but he’s an impressive researcher who has posted links to research and news coverage that I’ve found valuable. He also seems to make an honest attempt to be a fair reporter on issues he highlights on his blog, while making his own perspective clear (I do think he falls short…

Followup on Princetonian – and more thoughts from Bill Peace and Gary Presley

October 27, 2009blog recommendations, Gary Presley, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter Singer, william peaceStephen Drake

…matory remarks about NDY. The online article has been revised. The article also carries an Editor’s note at the end of the article, which we’re told was published in today’s print edition of the Princetonian: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article inaccurately referred to protests organized by Not Dead Yet and held at Nassau Hall in September 1999 as violent. Diane Coleman, president of Not Dead Yet, also told The Daily Prince…

Time Magazine Article Misrepresents Final Exit Network and Who They “Help”

March 4, 2009assisted suicide, crime and punishment, final exit network, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Time magazineStephen Drake

…the suicides of people who didn’t remotely fit a definition of “terminal.” Alarmingly, several articles dealing with the FEN arrests/investigations have glossed over FEN’s “assistance” of NON-terminally ill people, so that the theme that emerges is one that suggests that laws similar to Oregon’s assisted suicide law would prevent people from being “forced” to resort to this kind of lawless behavior. Since FEN specializes in “helping” nonterminally…

Disability Activists “Greet” Euthanasia Activist in San Francisco

November 11, 2009assisted suicide, california, dredf, euthanasia, Marilyn Golden, Nitschke, Our News & Commentary Blog, Paul Longmore, protestsStephen Drake

…ter and I continue to relaxedly leaflet newcomers outside the building and calmly discuss with those who were interested, our deep concerns with Nitschke and Exit International. (Several of them commented that these discussions were interesting and enlightening.) When it came time to go in to hear the program, Walter and I were actually refused entry to this presumably public event (we were actually physically resisted and barred from entering) an…