…recognition of this fact, when the New England Journal of Medicine held an online poll earlier this year, it’s invented case was a man with metastatic pancreatic cancer, whose pain was well-controlled. Two thirds of respondents opposed legalization. No, the suffering being talked about is emotional and social. As Dr. Angell wrote to the Herald last year, “dying sometimes involves great personal indignities, as well as mental distress from the real…
…s. This all got unexpectedly personal. Some of Criste Reimer’s messages to online groups have been posted elsewhere, all from 1998.One of the things I knew about Reimer from the news articles is that she had hydrocephalus. Until a few years ago, I had a website on hydrocephalus and got quite a bit of mail through it. (Her parents had rejected doctors’ advice to take her out of school due to the severe cognitive disabilities they believed she would…
…ff Langhorne of “disRespect disability awareness radio.” Disabled Los Angeles Man Put Down for Organs ? can be now be heard online or downloaded….
…Not Dead Yet. I received an anonymous tip that a copy of the story is now online: I will try to transcribe the video by sometime on Friday to make the content accessible for those people who prefer or need print as their information source. (Update: transcription is done!) In the meantime, Foxnews.com has a print article with much of the content that is in the video piece – not surprising since the author of the article is also the reporter in th…
…an harvesting regulations and protocols, it has made the article available online. In Speaking up for organ donors (link to html version, with additional link to pdf on the page), Ellen Bridget Linde, RN, BSN explores the values she and other nurses espouse and how they come into conflict with organ harvesting practices. From the article: AS NURSES, WE FACE TOUGH ethical dilemmas as we provide end-of-life care, especially when our patients are can…
