Dissecting Coverage of Nursing Home Deaths (Part 2)

…patients who are often very sick, very old or very young — and access to drugs powerful enough to kill unobtrusively through an intravenous tube. And they work at institutions with an inherent aversion to litigation and publicity. This is just the tip of iceberg. I know that at least one of the experts in this article, forensic psychologist Katherine Ramsland (not quoted in excerpt above), has published a book about serial killers in medical sett…

Disability Activists Make a Housecall at the AMA

…patient to a ltc facility in which they have any financial interest. More news as it comes in… (will add links to news, other bloggers, etc.) Update: 1:35 pm central. Police are getting ready to arrest protesters. The picture above shows a long line of ADAPT protesters being confronted by police officers in front of the headquarters of the American Medical Association. Update 2:00 pm Central: Diane called and says they’re processing arrestees. Sh…

Media Coverage and Links to testimony of ‘Second Thoughts’ members before MA legislative hearing on Assisted Suicide

…upset over “Death with Dignity” bill: wwlp.com The good news is that this news story focused on disability activists; the bad news is that comments from disability activists are short and not even the most truly representative of the arguments they made before the legislature that day. Full testimony of Second Thoughts members John Kelly, Michael Muehe, Eileen Feldman and Denise Karuth can be accessed via their Testimony Page (there are links to…

Some Victories and Welcome Developments This Week – Quebec and New Hampshire

A fair amount of news this week. Most of it is good news. And none of it’s really bad. First – the good. Not one, but three assisted suicide measures were voted down in New Hampshire! (You can read about specifics regarding the main bill – HB 1325 – here.) Here is info on 2 of the 3 bills – kind of “back door” assisted suicide bills – from the March 6 edition of the New Hampshire Union Leader: The House Wednesday killed legislation that would hav…

ADAPT Leaves DC After Making its Mark – More Work Yet to Do

…Activists at White House Gates as Obama Delivers Debt Plan Dallas Morning News – Protesters tell Congress not to cut or cap Medicaid for poor, disabled The Hill – Disability-rights advocates protest Obama’s proposed Medicaid cuts The Nation – Rally on Capitol Hill: ‘Medicaid Matters’ NDY – and most disability groups are nonpartisan. And yet it’s obvious the last week – in spite of ADAPT’s message to the White House – leans pretty heavily on Repub…