…aw, let alone if it’s being enforced. Anything less would be a betrayal of the democratic process and the public trust. To read the full testimony, please go to the TVNDY website here….
…prevention services at that point, this person would be more likely to get compassionate nods of approval. 3 “Competent” is defined as allowing a third party to speak for a patient with a communication disability if that person claims to be “familiar with a patient’s manner of communicating.” What is to protect a patient with very difficult communication from having an exhausted caregiver misrepresent his or her wishes? The proposed legislation sa…
…’AMM. Loin d’être « une mesure exceptionnelle pour des cas exceptionnels » comme l’a promis Véronique Hivon, commanditaire en chef de la loi québécoise sur l’euthanasie, le programme du Canada a déjà entrainé la mort de près de 20 000 personnes avec déficiences, dont beaucoup étaient également en phase terminale. Le statut de l’AMM se distingue par les garanties manquantes. Par exemple, obliger les gens à exercer leur autonomie en prenant eux-même…
…rights of seniors and people with disabilities. TAKE ACTION Call the toll-free White House comment line NOW at 1-888-245-0215. Tell the President that he should oppose arbitrary cuts to Medicaid that hurt seniors and people with disabilities and support meaningful Medicaid reforms that save money by: Refocusing Medicaid spending away from higher cost institutional placements to meet beneficiary preferences for lower cost, preferred home and commu…
…chology Research and Practice 41(5):442-448, DOI:10.1037/a0020864, https://www.dropbox.com/s/pwx6me61w8z7yak/ArtmanDaniels-Dis-Cult-Compet-2010.pdf?dl=0 [2] Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5 (CanLII), [2015] 1 SCR 331, <https://canlii.ca/t/gg5z4> [3] Iezzoni, Lisa I., et al, “Physicians’ Perceptions Of People With Disability And Their Health Care” Health Affairs 40:2, 297-306, February 2021https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.137…
