…t’s a whole different issue to me.” Let me translate – Springer has just shrugged off any concern about any group that encourages and facilitates the suicides of “elderly folks” because it’s “different” than what she deals with. Last September, this blog declared that “Suicide Prevention Week” didn’t apply to old, ill and disabled people. We reached this conclusion by interpreting the persistent silence of suicide prevention organizations to the m…
…ded who ought not to be included in the list, nor paid for as dead; but I trust you will not overlook my instructions to you on quitting Cassel, and that you will not have tried by human succor to recall the life of the unfortunates whose days could not be lengthened but by the loss of a leg or an arm. That would be making them a pernicious present, and I am sure they would rather die than live in a condition no longer fit for my service. I do not…
…up the lethal dose, and even administering the drug — no witnesses are required at the death, so who would know? The Oregon law has invited every sort of abuse. 3. Mistakes: Misdiagnosis that you are “terminal” can be deadly. People alive today are grateful that assisted suicide wasn’t available when they were diagnosed. People alive today are grateful they found a doctor willing to treat their illness. For more Talking Points and other informati…
…mittee on Approaching Death. More importantly, as noted in the recent U.S. News and World Report article, Is the ‘Death Panel’ Debate Dead?, our concerns about advance care planning discussions are that “A lot of the messaging focuses on telling people they would be better off dead than disabled, and that therefore they should decline treatment.” Unfortunately, major early efforts in forming advance care planning policies in the U.S. excluded the…
…mittee on Approaching Death. More importantly, as noted in the recent U.S. News and World Report article, Is the ‘Death Panel’ Debate Dead?, our concerns about advance care planning discussions are that “A lot of the messaging focuses on telling people they would be better off dead than disabled, and that therefore they should decline treatment.” Unfortunately, major early efforts in forming advance care planning policies in the U.S. excluded the…
