…ately, this affects more than “just” Catholics – many hospitals around the world are run by Catholic organizations who will feel bound by the ruling, and will enforce the decisions stemming from it regardless of whether or not the patient themself is Catholic. The concern expressed here is a little premature. Catholic ethicists in the U.S. have been at the forefront of pushing the idea that tube-feeding is “extraordinary treatment” and that there…
Coincidentally, I tripped across a news report from PM – a program of Australian public broadcasting. The report aired April 21st and consists of an interview with John Field, who has completed a study about nurses who kill patients: PM – Study investigates serial killer nurses PM – Monday, 21 April , 2008 18:36:00 Reporter: Nance Haxton LISA MILLAR: It’s enough to give you a phobia about going to hospital. A University of Adelaide PhD study has…
…example, many medical professionals participated in the alleged attempt to rush Ruben Navarro’s death in a botched organ harvesting attempt. One transplant physician was the subject of criminal charges, but the other nurses and doctors in the room were exonerated by their respective review boards. In Oregon, after a series of embarrassing investigative articles, a governor’s inquiry led to the resignation of the top two members of the Nursing Revi…
…3/03/08/aas-update-on-previous-statement/ because it was used in the 2019 Truchon decision that expanded assisted suicide to disabled Canadians. https://twitter.com/TrudoLemmens/status/1666067817035190272 , which was opposed by the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention. https://suicideprevention.ca/media/statement-on-recent-maid-developments/ The consequences of the AAS’s statement are an example of how green lighting assisted suicide for th…
…• American Association of People with Disabilities • Assn of Programs for Rural Independent Living • Autistic Self Advocacy Network • Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network • Disability Rights Legal Center • National Council on Independent Living • Not Dead Yet • National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities • TASH • United Spinal Association • World Institute on Disability Massachusetts State Organizations • The Arc of Massachusetts • Disabili…
