…this link, but can’t be accessed directly without a paid subscription for online access. Fortunately, someone emailed them to us and they’re reproduced below: As a physician who has been taking care of dying patients in Massachusetts for years, I found Dr. Marcia Angell’s Sept. 29 op-ed “A method for dying with dignity” chilling. Physicians who oppose Question 2 are not concerned about their “self-image,” but rather for the welfare of their patie…
…o intervene in the appeal of the Carter case. Donations to EPC can be made online here. And remember that the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is also raising funds to support their legal efforts. They present their case on the Help To Live Not Die website. Not Dead Yet is very pleased that the CCD/CACL were granted intervenor standing in the appeal of the decision by Justice Smith in the Carter case – largely in recognition of the org…
…ween ableist stereotypes, eugenic ideas and film music in the 1950s. In an online exchange on Facebook, she said she was bothered by the sentence above, stressing that patients “were awake and conscious” when the drugs were allegedly administered: “the patients were awake and conscious moments before the drugs were administered.” So, it would have been ok to kill them if they were unconscious…? That’s a good question, as is the one she asks about…
…Editor’s Note: Cathy Ludlum submitted this response to the IOM Committee’s online survey on Oct. 31, before the Nov. 1 deadline, so this is a belated sharing of her excellent input. Let’s hope they pay attention as they prepare their final report that is due in 2014.] Question: 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. . . . I am…
…s experience with MOLST (the Massachusetts version of POLST) in his recent online response to a survey by the Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Approaching Death. So Shute contacted John when she was preparing her article for NPR’s Thanksgiving edition. Here’s how she conveyed John’s concern: Some members of the disability community have questioned whether POLST is being too broadly applied. Rather than give people more control over end-of-life…
