…lson, M.D. et al. v. California Dept. of Health Services, et al., Case 3:21-cv-06654-VC, filed August 27, 2021) The joint disability and patients rights organization statements by DREDF, NCIL, United Spinal, NDY, AAPD, Access Living and Patients Rights Action Fund came just days after the complaint was filed in California, where assisted suicide has been legal since June 2016. Plaintiffs in the case include four doctors and two patients, the latte…
…the Center to Advance Palliative Care at Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Wright noted, “All the heartfelt adherence to restrictions that are announced when you first get the public to vote in favor of this go up in smoke once the practice is validated.” ——- The report from advocates who attended the hearing is that “SB 380 has been moved to the Suspense file. The Chair did not take any public comment on bills on suspense and requested all comments to b…
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…e or terminal condition, SDMC physicians deprived Mr. Michael Hickson, a 46-year-old black man with multiple disabilities, of all life-sustaining treatment including artificial nutrition and hydration for six days resulting in his death. Admitted to SDMC on June 2, 2020, Mr. Hickson was fighting sepsis, a urinary tract infection and pneumonia. Although he had suspected COVID–19, he had a negative COVID-19 test several days prior to his admission….
…by their condition. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/medical-assistance-dying.html The numbers of people assisted to end their lives in Canada are consistently growing year on year: https://bit.ly/3glUlmp The Canadian Government now propose that in March 2023 it plans to give patients with mental illness alone and no other underlying issues the option for a MAID. Within six years the scope of the assisted suicide legislation in Cana…
