Barbara Mancini Case: Compassion & Choices Uses the Case as Opportunity to Launch “Legal Defense” Fundraising Drive

December 9, 2013assisted suicide, Compassion & Choices, media, media coverage, Our News & Commentary Blog, Pennsylvaniaassisted suicide, Barbara Mancini, Stephen DrakeStephen Drake

…a judge’s decision on a petition to dismiss the case. Beyond that, the big news – beyond this case – is that C & C has used this opportunity to start a new line of fundraising. From the article, “Philly nurse charged with assisted suicide gets help with legal bills“: Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit focused on end of life choices, has started a legal defense fund for a Philadelphia nurse charged with assisted suicide. Barbara Mancini administered…

Two Highly Recommended Blog Reads Today

February 6, 2009assisted suicide, blog recommendations, dick sobsey, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', Our News & Commentary Blog, policy, william peaceStephen Drake

…ling” and the proposed statutes of alleged “compassionate homicides”: 5 February 2009 – The notion of mercy killing or compassionate homicide periodically reappears in the news, editorials, or legislative agendae. For example, here in Canada in 1994, a Senate Committee recommended legislation that would create a third category of murder, classified as “compassionate homicide.” This new category would apply to cases where an individual killed anoth…

Did Katrina Prosecutor Mean to Lose All Along?

August 27, 2007AMA, Art Caplan, Katrina, medical killings, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…at Memorial Medical Center had been deliberately killed with overdoses of drugs after Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005. (Report with expert witnesses – pdf) The experts weren’t the only ones whose accounts weren’t heard by the grand jury: Family members of another one of the patients, Elaine Nelson, hired their own forensic expert to explore why the 90-year-old woman died. The report alarmed her son, Craig, a New Orleans lawyer. “It showed that…

Texas: David Coronado Breathing on His Own, Off Ventilator

February 14, 2009abuse, crime and punishment, david coronado, futile care, Our News & Commentary Blog, Surrogate Decisions & Guardianship, texasStephen Drake

…t the Texas NDY chapter in any hearings on this matter.) There’s some good news today regarding David Coronado, at least enough to give rise to cautious optimism. David is now breathing on his own – which means that his condition has improved, lessening the threat of moves to end his life by his court-appointed guardian. From the Dallas Morning News: Just last month, attorneys were considering whether to withdraw life support from 7-month-old Davi…

Viewing Not Dead Yet – and Other Blogs – on Facebook

March 25, 2009blog recommendations, dick sobsey, facebook, icad, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…the ICAD blog. Similarly, substitute “ICAD” for “Not Dead Yet” in the instructions below and you can view ICAD easily on Facebook. Ripped off and slightly edited instructions below: Facebook users may want to follow Not Dead Yet and any other blogs of interest through the Facebook NetworkedBlogs application. It is an easy and efficient way to keep up with the various blogs you follow. If you are interested and use Facebook here is how to get star…