…ain with doctors and nurses,’” Hawaii Free Press, Letter to the Editor (February 2011), accessed July 9, 2015, http://hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesDailyNews/tabid/65/ID/3647/February-2011-Letters-to-the-Editor.aspx. [8] N. Gregory Hamilton, M.D. and Catherine Hamilton, M.A., “Competing Paradigms of Responding to Assisted-Suicide Requests in Oregon: Case Report,” presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, M…
…essary. Apparently his nonjudgmentalist attitude applies to the killing of humans only. Good grief – On the one hand it’s incredible that someone would be more OK with the “putting to sleep” of humans than animals in this scenario. What’s really incredible is that Mahaney doesn’t seem to think there is anything contradictory or hypocritical here. The idea that the two pieces could open him to ridicule probably didn’t occur to him. Wrong. Part of m…
…ful, as well as ironic, that we cannot bring ourselves to treat our fellow humans as humanely as we treat our pets. The original article described Lyle as some sort of “advocate” for the “handicapped.” I hope she’s no longer allowed anywhere near people with intellectual disabilities. **** Getting back to the current “My Turn” essay, I suspect the vets in my neighborhood would tell Oberthaler that a lot of pets they euthanize could be cured, but o…
…an algunas vidas como dignas de protección, y otras vidas como un valor que termina, son discriminatorias. DIGNIDAD La dignidad no es una limosna, y nuestros médicos no nos la pueden dar en forma de una receta letal. No necesitamos morir para tener dignidad. Ya la tenemos. DIVERSIDAD La diversidad humana es una hermosa realidad. No hay un tipo ideal de ser humano al que debamos parecernos. Todos pertenecemos a la familia humana. ORGULLO La comunid…
…or immoral human behavior to take advantage and lead to complete disregard of life; such as Professor Singer from Princeton University. At times physician assisted suicide can be a humane end to suffering, however in many individual situations the law could backfire when human behavior dictates an uninformed choice….
