Poll: Finances Dominate Medical Decisions When it Comes to Our Pets

June 10, 2010euthanasia, myths, Our News & Commentary Blog, pets, reality check, research, veterinarianStephen Drake

…tps://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/01/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-dog-and-human-euthanasia-end-of-life/ Re “She kept her gravely ill dog alive. Was that animal cruelty?” (Opinion, July 23): As a potential severely ill and disabled person (aren’t we all?), I feel threatened by the idea that it could be a crime to keep a dog alive. If the law holds that a dog that “had bed sores, an open wound, and couldn’t stand or walk” would be better off dead,…

NDY Joins Over 80 Groups Opposing “Quality Adjusted Life Years” Measures

April 15, 2021AAPD, health disparities, healthcare rationing, medical discrimination, Our News & Commentary Blog, qaly, Quality Adjusted Life Years, quality of life judgmentsDiane Coleman

…d resolved that NCIL will work with Congress, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights, Department of Justice, and others to ensure that QALYs are not used in decisions concerning public and private health care coverage. It is great to see so many others are with us in opposing QALYs.” Diane Coleman, President and CEO of Not Dead Yet, stated, “This open letter is an important statement to demonstrate we are a united voice…

NDY Files Public Comment On Federal Healthcare Interim Final Rule In Response To COVID

January 6, 2021COVID-19, healthcare rationing, HHS, long term services and supports, Medicaid, Medicare, Our News & Commentary Blog, public commentCOVID-19, Interim Final Rule, Medicaid, Medicare, public commentDiane Coleman

…egration-for-people-with-disabilities-under-medicaid-15-years-after-the-supreme-courts-olmstead-decision/. [4] As of December 4, 2020, the New York Times reported that 38% of coronavirus-related deaths in the U.S. are linked to nursing facilities. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-nursing-homes.html….

Neurology Guidelines Push Back Against “Rush To Judgment” In Brain Injury Cases

October 8, 2018American Academy of Neurology, brain injury, coma, consciousness, life-ending decisions, life-sustaining treatment, Our News & Commentary Blog, vegetative stateAmerican Academy of Neurology, brain injury, Kingston Holmes, PVSDiane Coleman

…ousness that are not at all consistent with AAN guidelines. This has been true under the previous guidelines which called for waiting periods of “three months after a nontraumatic insult leading to VS and 12 months following a traumatic injury,” and will be even worse going forward unless doctors and hospitals stop rushing to judgment. It’s bad enough when they ignore the disability rights perspective, but no one should ever defend doctors who ign…

Federal study finds assisted suicide laws rife with dangers to people with disabilities

October 9, 2019"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, bioethics, dredf, national council on disability, Our News & Commentary Blogaid in dying, assisted suicide, bioethics, death with dignity, Dredf, National Council on DisabilityDiane Coleman

…ork: Despite the growing consensus that disability is a normal part of the human experience, the lives of people with disabilities are routinely devalued in medical decision-making. Negative biases and inaccurate assumptions about disabled people persist. In medical situations, these biases can have serious and even deadly consequences. Beginning on September 25, the National Council on Disability (NCD) is releasing a series of reports on bioethic…