From Stephen Mendelsohn: More Media, Etc. From Connecticut Hearings on Assisted Suicide

March 25, 2013assisted suicide, Connecticut, disability activists, disability rights advocates, legislation, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second ThoughtsStephen Drake

…ick up the lethal medication, and be dead within hours. WTNH-TV Channel 8: http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/politics/weighing-in-on-assisted-suicide#.UVAfWDcsDRp CT News Junkie: http://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/ctnj.php/archives/entry/right-to-die_or_assisted_suicide/ Picture from Second Thoughts Connecticut press conference, on the website of Senator Joe Markley: http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8509/8574564003_4797be77d7_b.jpg (I am standing on the left, a…

Time Magazine Article Misrepresents Final Exit Network and Who They “Help”

March 4, 2009assisted suicide, crime and punishment, final exit network, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Time magazineStephen Drake

…analysis of Kevorkian’s “clients” and his practices. It’s still available online at: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/NEWS05/70525061/1007/NEWS05 There are more recent journal articles that contain analyses yielding similar results, although not as accessible. I can provide these on request. It’s possible to give Ms. Bowers a “pass” on the mischaracterization of Kevorkian, since most in the media seem to be strangely amnes…

Lisa Blumberg: Recent Medscape Survey Indicates that Doctors are Divided on Life and Death Issues

December 29, 2022"end of life", aid in dying, assisted suicide, futile care, futility, Health care decision-making, healthcare rationing, life-sustaining treatment, Our News & Commentary Blog, passive euthanasia, quality of life judgments, treatment withdrawalassisted suicide, futility, Surrogate decision making, treatment withholdingDiane Coleman

…biases behind them. That is its fatal flaw. FOOTNOTES https://www.medscape.com/ https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2022-right-wrong-rpt-6015870 https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2022-right-wrong-rpt-6015870#20 https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/02/survey-finds-doctors-have-negative-perception-of-patients-with-disability/; https://consu mer.healthday.com/2-2-too-many-u-s-doctors-have-stigmas-about-patients-with-disabilities-2650155105.htm…

Second Thoughts Massachusetts Letter to New Mexico Attorney General Gary King Urging Appeal of Assisted Suicide Case

…n/letters/articles/2011/10/04/she_pushed_for_legal_right_to_die_and___thankfully___was_rebuffed/ Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Cape Cod Times op Ed, October 27, 2012. “Question 2 insults Kennedy’s memory.” http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121027/OPINION/210270347 Pew Forum, “Views on End-of-Life Medical Treatments,” November 21, 2013.http://www.pewforum.org/2013/11/21/views-on-end-of-life-medical-treatments/…

NDY Public Comment To U.S. Senate Aging Committee About Guardianship & Its Alternatives

…esident/CEO dcoleman@notdeadyet.org Lisa Blumberg, JD, Consultant ENDNOTES https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedknutson/2018/04/18/vast-majority-of-elder-financial-abuse-by-guardians-can-be-prevented-experts-tell-senate/#131a010a5caa https://autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SDM-Summit-Conclusions-and-Recommendations.pdf, https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/law_aging/2017_SDM_%20Resolution_Final.authcheckdam.pdf htt…