…assisted suicide fight come to your state in full swing? NDY’s got a great online toolkit to help you sound like the policy buff you really are on this topic and help give you fodder for writing a letter to the editor the next time your hometown paper touts the proposed bill’s virtues! (Be sure to write us and tell us if your letter is published!) Coalition Support. Do you lead a nonprofit that would love to partner with NDY on activities related…
…assisted suicide fight come to your state in full swing? NDY’s got a great online toolkit to help you sound like the policy buff you really are on this topic and help give you fodder for writing a letter to the editor the next time your hometown paper touts the proposed bill’s virtues! (Be sure to write us and tell us if your letter is published!) Coalition Support. Do you lead a nonprofit that would love to partner with NDY on activities related…
…t six weeks ago. But the film’s harmful message will continue for years in online media, so our work is not over. It’s too late for theaters, but the producers need to add a suicide prevention public service announcement to all further releases of this film in any form. We have prepared a letter to Warner Brothers, calling for such a PSA. The letter is below. We are requesting that national, state and local disability organizations sign onto this…
…ce directives. A formal joint announcement is below and can also be viewed online on the Respecting Choices website, and the revised fact sheets are online (feeding tubes, breathing supports) and available for purchase from Respecting Choices. Dear Colleagues: In December 2013, a number of disability organizations and individuals jointly expressed their concerns about two healthcare decision-aids created by the Respecting Choices® program. One of…
…to medical issues, as the Living Donor Committee (LDC) pointed out in its online comment: LDC clinicians also noted concern about assessing and communicating the possible impacts of living donation on terminally ill patients’ overall health status, the quality of their remaining life, and progression to death. An LDC donor with a terminally ill family member who wished to be considered as a living donor also noted patients’ and families’ complete…
