…the Englaro tragedy. Flavia Krause-Jackson and Steve Scherer of Bloomberg News both deserve “credit” (discredit would be more accurate) for filing news stories that inaccurately referred to Englaro as “brain-dead” and “force-fed.” To be fair, it’s possible that maybe Krause-Jackson and Scherer weren’t personally responsible for the repeated use of the term “brain-dead” in article headlines. However, they clearly chose to use the term “force-fed”…
…of his house on the web. (if you check out that link, you’ll find that SkyNews refers to Mr. Baker with scare quotes around the word “neglected” when referring to the circumstances of his death) That site is only one of many news sites that posted the pictures and focused on the “squalid” condition of the home. In many of those sites, comments are dominated by people expressing disgust for Baker and not a little sympathy for the ambulance workers…
…for dead in a robbery while walking home one night in 1999. His skull was crushed and his brain severely damaged. For six years, the man could not speak or feed himself. On occasion he showed signs of awareness, and he moved his eyes or a thumb to communicate. His arms were useless. He was fed through a tube. But researchers chose him for an experimental attempt to rev up his brain by placing electrodes in it. And here’s how his mother describes t…
…laws have been far more concerned about controlling the way they exit the world than about controlling pain. No less an authority than Lonny Shavelson, now the Chair of the American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid In Dying, told Szabo, “It’s almost never about pain, it’s about dignity and control.” Szabo also quotes ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel on the social factors that motivate usage of the suicide drugs. “The dominant reasons for wanting euthana…
Today, Anita Cameron testified via online access to oppose Minnesota’s assisted suicide bill while John Kelly and Diane Coleman submitted written testimony to the MN House of Representatives Health Finance and Policy Committee. Below are excerpts from each and their names links to their full testimonies. Anita Cameron Research has documented Black, Asian, and Hispanic persons regularly experience barriers to palliative/hospice care utilization. ……
