Lisa Blumberg: Assisted Suicide California Style

…aw. I found it hard to believe that the state was sanctioning a kind of suicide. Suicide? No, death with dignity.” (6) His focus on the law (which arguably did not even apply to him), the state and buzz words is telling. At another point in his essay, he said he was invoking the law as “justification” for his suicide. My guess is that the law whispered to him suggestively. Instead of “why don’t you become a priest”, it was “why don’t you kill your…

NDY Public Comment on HHS/OCR Proposed Section 504 Healthcare Regulations

…Department seeks comment on the extent to which, despite this intended specificity, the provision would have a chilling effect on academic research. We are opposed to any value assessment method that directly or indirectly discounts the value of life extension based on disability. We are not opposed to value assessment methods that compare equally effective treatments and place higher value, by way of example, on the one with the least side effec…

Not Dead Yet Comments on the Proposal to Update and Clarify Language in the DCD (Donation after Cardiac Death)

…our preliminary comments, about whether OPTN/UNOS has again failed to solicit comments from organizations representing the affected groups who qualify as prospective donors. Addition of the Term “Disease” Handled in a Misleading Manner The public comment notice states, “Please comment on what impact the following changes in terminology might have on your institution: … The addition of the term “disease” which is included in the suitable candidate…

Time Magazine Article Misrepresents Final Exit Network and Who They “Help”

…kian’s “clients” and his practices. It’s still available online at: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/NEWS05/70525061/1007/NEWS05 There are more recent journal articles that contain analyses yielding similar results, although not as accessible. I can provide these on request. It’s possible to give Ms. Bowers a “pass” on the mischaracterization of Kevorkian, since most in the media seem to be strangely amnesiac about all this…