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

…the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that highlights the broad agenda of FEN: http://www.ajc.com/feeds/content/metro/stories/2009/02/28/final_exit_assisted_suicide.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 Or go to the FEN site, which says, under “we serve”: Individuals with neurological illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and Alzheimer’s disease often lose the rea…

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…

Not Dead Yet’s Op Ed articles

…r, 3/6/15) John Kelly: Assisted Suicide Is Still Too Dangerous (bluejersey.com, 11/13/14) Diane Coleman: Who’s really hurt by assisted suicide? (CNN.com, 11/4/14) John Kelly: Why Assisted Suicide Laws are More Dangerous Than People Acknowledge (Counterpunch, 11/3/14) Marilyn Golden: Assisted suicide is bad medicine (Sacramento Bee, 11/1/14) John Kelly: Assisted suicide laws are more dangerous than people acknowledge: Opinion (NJ Star-Ledger, 10/31…

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…

NDY Comments on Adult Protective Services Guidelines – Health Care Decision-Making

…tinue to be the guidelines provided by the American Academy of Neurology. (https://www.aan.com/guidelines/home/getguidelinecontent/83) Nevertheless, in a number of cases, a “rush to judgment” has become evident, with medical providers and/or family members pushing to withdraw treatment before the individual has been given the appropriate time to emerge from an unconscious state. Jesse Ramirez was brain injured in a 2007 car accident in Arizona, wh…