…erviewed for 8 radio and 11 TV broadcasts. There were at least 41 print or online articles that mentioned NDY, including Associated Press, New York Times, Politico, Huffington Post and Forbes. Systems Advocacy: NDY staff and advocates pursued a number of key systems advocacy policy initiatives during the reporting year, using a combination of strategies and approaches. Assisted Suicide: NDY opposed legalization of assisted suicide through training…
…rwise reliable relief was beyond their reach. Mr. Ellis’ full testimony is online here. Another New Jersey advocate to submit written testimony is Norman Smith, Board President of the Progressive Center for Independent Living, also representing two other organizations, Resources for Independent Living and Alliance Center for Independence. Among other things, he wrote about disturbing personal encounters with emergency room doctors that are all too…
…hese documents are intended to provide consumers, as well as legal and medical advisors, important information for health care decision-making and advance directives. A formal joint announcement can be viewed online on both the Not Dead Yet and Respecting Choices websites, and the revised fact sheets are online (feeding tubes, breathing supports) and available for purchase from Respecting Choices….
…ing a meeting on Friday, March 20 that’s open to the public and accessible online. Not Dead Yet committed to work on advance care planning and professional education. To be honest, we aren’t necessarily doing what the IOM has in mind. We are very concerned that health care providers don’t always discern the difference between providing “end-of-life” care and ending lives prematurely due to negative quality of life judgments about disability. We ar…
[Editor’s Note: The October 1, 2015 press release below is also available online in PDF format through PRWeb here. The friend-of-the-court brief described in the release can be read here.] Not Dead Yet and Five Other National Disability Groups File Friend of the Court Brief in New Mexico Supreme Court in Assisted Suicide Case On September 30, 2015, Not Dead Yet and five other national disability rights organizations filed a friend-of-the-court in…
