…bt important, but there are some other issues raised by the wording of the questions. Why does the non-suicide question mention the family’s request, while the suicide question leaves family out? How many respondents are confused about the difference between the right to refuse unwanted life-sustaining medical treatment and assisted suicide? How many say “yes” because they want their advance directives honored and their health care proxy’s directi…
…omments are invited in any or all of the following areas, presented in six questions. Question 1: If you are an individual living with a serious progressive illness or condition, or a loved one of an individual please describe your experiences receiving care. Your stories may include how you have talked with health care providers, your family, and friends; how you have discussed and reviewed your spiritual or religious needs, your finances, or any…
…ribing doctor to report actual uncontrolled physical pain that would raise questions about the doctors’ competence in pain relief. More disturbingly, California omits two of the factors listed in the Oregon form – financial concerns and feelings of being a burden on others. Feelings of being a burden have been an increasing factor, with 55% reportedly expressing this in 2017 in Oregon. As disability rights advocates have repeatedly noted, the repo…
…sites.google.com/site/secondthoughtsconnecticut/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SecondThoughtsConnecticut Twitter: https://twitter.com/2ndThoughtsCT Assisted Suicide Is Bad Medicine. How Can Legislators Represent Us If They Cannot Talk to Us? January 11, 2021 (Manchester, CT) – People with disabilities fear for their lives during the pandemic, and like everyone else must socially distance. At the same time, they are increasingly concerned that…
…re not changed by whether they are applied for good or evil. So again, the question of 5000 shocks in one day is a question of application not of theory. If the question is, can 5000 shocks a day ever be justified as an application, let us look at a couple of senarios. The first hyothetical situation; the baseline rate of a severe self-injurious behavior is 20,000 per day, when we begin to treat the behavior with contingent electric shock, the rat…
