…uous language in the Obama administration’s health reform legislation or scrutinising the publications of his health advisors for a few indiscreet phrases, the elderly and their relatives ought to be worried about the 30,000 members of the APHA. They are the ones who could be sitting on the “death panels”. The authors of the articles in the Disability and Health Journal certainly are worried. The journal issue has articles by authors familiar to r…
…crisis because of the health care insurance companies, the pharmaceutical drug companies, the doctors and hospitals, and the lawyers. But these folks represent only part of the trunk and the elephant’s left front foot. No, the cause of the health crisis is much bigger. It’s them – those people who do not deserve unlimited health care – for themselves, for their children, for their parents. Please read the rest here. And remember – it’s satire. Ste…
…r life is too much work for other people. It frightens me that I live in a world where feeling like a burden on others is one of the top five reasons people choose assisted suicide[4]. Not pain. Not unbearable physical suffering. People cannot get the services and supports they need to live happily in the community, so they feel like a burden to their loved ones and want to end their lives so as not to inconvenience others. Legalizing assisted sui…
…r life is too much work for other people. It frightens me that I live in a world where feeling like a burden on others is one of the top five reasons people choose assisted suicide[4]. Not pain. Not unbearable physical suffering. People cannot get the services and supports they need to live happily in the community, so they feel like a burden to their loved ones and want to end their lives so as not to inconvenience others. Legalizing assisted sui…
…elly: There’s no telling how many souls Shari Hope Kelly escorted into the world during her decades as a labor and delivery nurse. Nor can one quantify the innumerable psyches she soothed as a rape crisis counselor and an instructor in social science at Pima Community College. And Kelly treated herself as compassionately as she did all others. She spent years thoughtfully formulating a plan. She long suspected the day would come when the physical…
