…lleged murders “mercy killings.” Research on serial killings in medical facilities indicates that the killers have much darker motives than “compassion,” a trait not common among serial killers. …
…ity of the organ procurement and transplantation system. A pdf-formatted version of the release with related attachments is available at: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10852604.htm – Diane Coleman…
…esentative of the arguments they made before the legislature that day. Full testimony of Second Thoughts members John Kelly, Michael Muehe, Eileen Feldman and Denise Karuth can be accessed via their Testimony Page (there are links to text and pdf versions of testimony). I recommend bookmarking Second Thoughts for the most up-to-date information on the Massachusetts battle on assisted suicide. We’ll share what the group is doing here, but most of t…
…s: People with Disabilities Opposing the Legalization of Assisted Suicide (www.second-thoughts.org) is a Boston based steering committee of disabled people from Massachusetts formed in 2011 to educate and organize the Massachusetts disability community to respond to the ballot initiative. The name “Second Thoughts” emphasizes that rather than offering individual choice, assisted suicide laws create a potentially discriminatory and dangerous practi…
…gestion within two months of being assessed by researchers. The article in question is freely available online. Here’s the conclusion from the abstract of the article: Although most terminally ill Oregonians who receive aid in dying do not have depressive disorders, the current practice of the Death with Dignity Act may fail to protect some patients whose choices are influenced by depression from receiving a prescription for a lethal drug. This is…
