…first paragraph. I would appreciate it if folks would go to the newspaper site to read the whole article – newspapers do take note of the number of hits each article gets. Feel free to submit comments, of course. Don’t buy into ‘aid in dying’ Recently, you’re hearing and reading a lot about “aid in dying” — a relatively new term that is increasingly used in place of “assisted suicide.” You’re also being told that the issues surrounding assisted s…
…the attention of a distracted lunch-eating radio staffer. The Tribune had run a puff piece on the conference, essentially a pro-assisted suicide press release with first paragraph. We asked why we were getting no coverage, and I gave her a copy of my op-ed submission. We left doubting that we would ever hear back or see a reporter on site. A plan was hatched on Friday to block enough doors of the hotel so that conference attendees leaving for the…
…sed to Final Exit’s mission, just how they’re delivering the message. “I visited the website and it’s populated by elderly folks who are at the end of a very long life and are in pain,” she said. “That’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. As of 2010, neither th…
…oposes to influence people are set forth in The Conversation Project, a website listed on page 57 of the DSRIP Toolkit. Though this site also refers to individuals coping with advanced and untreatable diseases, The Conversation Project makes it clear that the fear of living with a disability is what drives the seemingly innocuous decision-making process designed to steer people away from receiving care. The website, found at www.theconversationpro…
…merican Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH). More from his faculty site: His current scholarly interests include ethical and policy issues in brain injury and disorders of consciousness, palliative care, research ethics in neurology and psychiatry, medical education and methods of ethics case consultation. He is a co-author of the landmark 2007 Nature paper describing the first use of deep brain stimulation in the minimally conscious state…
