Cathy Ludlum of Second Thoughts CT Responds to IOM Committee on Approaching Death

November 22, 2013Our News & Commentary BlogDiane Coleman

…Editor’s Note: Cathy Ludlum submitted this response to the IOM Committee’s online survey on Oct. 31, before the Nov. 1 deadline, so this is a belated sharing of her excellent input. Let’s hope they pay attention as they prepare their final report that is due in 2014.] Question: If you are an individual living with a serious progressive illness or condition, or a loved one of an individual please describe your experiences receiving care. . . . I am…

Brazilian Authorities Arrest Doctor and Seven Other Health Care Professionals on Charges of Killing Patients

March 29, 2013Brazil, crime and punishment, medical killings, murder, Our News & Commentary Blog, serial killersStephen Drake

…ween ableist stereotypes, eugenic ideas and film music in the 1950s. In an online exchange on Facebook, she said she was bothered by the sentence above, stressing that patients “were awake and conscious” when the drugs were allegedly administered: “the patients were awake and conscious moments before the drugs were administered.” So, it would have been ok to kill them if they were unconscious…? That’s a good question, as is the one she asks about…

Canada: Council of Canadians with Disabilities, Canadian Assoc. for Community Living and Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Granted Intervener Status by BC Appeal Court

December 13, 2012alex schadenberg, assisted suicide, Canada, Canadian Association for Community Living, courts, euthanasia, euthanasia prevention coalition, Our News & Commentary Blog, Rhonda WiebeStephen Drake

…o intervene in the appeal of the Carter case. Donations to EPC can be made online here. And remember that the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD) is also raising funds to support their legal efforts. They present their case on the Help To Live Not Die website. Not Dead Yet is very pleased that the CCD/CACL were granted intervenor standing in the appeal of the decision by Justice Smith in the Carter case – largely in recognition of the org…

Three MDs weigh in on assisted suicide

October 5, 2012assisted suicide, Ballot Question 2, boston globe, medical issues, medical killings, op-ed, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…this link, but can’t be accessed directly without a paid subscription for online access. Fortunately, someone emailed them to us and they’re reproduced below: As a physician who has been taking care of dying patients in Massachusetts for years, I found Dr. Marcia Angell’s Sept. 29 op-ed “A method for dying with dignity” chilling. Physicians who oppose Question 2 are not concerned about their “self-image,” but rather for the welfare of their patie…

Disabilityscoop fails to get the real scoop – Disability, organ transplantation and the HHS

September 21, 2012ari ne'eman, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, disabilityscoop, discrimination, HHS, national council on independent living, national disability leadership alliance, organ donation, organ transplants, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…g and exactly what issues were covered. Earlier today, disabilityscoop, an online publication that describes itself as the “premiere source of developmental disability news,” published an article on the same meeting. As the title of the article indicates (Advocates Call for End to Transplant Discrimination), the article focuses on the issue of the denial of transplant consideration to people with disabilities, based solely on their disability. The…