Bill Peace’s Hastings Center Article (on a disturbing hospital experience) and Three Commentaries Are All Online

July 19, 2012"end of life", bioethics, devaluation, life-ending decisions, medical bigotry, medical discrimination, Our News & Commentary Blog, palliative care, rush to judgment, william peaceStephen Drake

As of today, Bill Peace’s essay “Comfort Care as Denial of Personhood” is online – and accompanied by three commentaries available at the Hasting Center Bioethics Blog. Here’s what we wrote before about the experience at the center of Bill’s essay: Back in 2010, our friend, colleague and ally Bill Peace, experienced a long, expensive health crisis when he experienced a stage IV skin breakdown – with a long treatment process that was physically an…

Not Dead Yet, et al. v. Andrew Cuomo, Governor, et al. Class Action Complaint

…e 1:20-cv-04819 Document 1 Filed 10/07/20 Page 7 of 28 PageID #: 7 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/who-gets-a-ventilator (last visited Oct. 6, 2020). Ventilator Allocation Protocol 37. The Guidelines set forth a process for an acute medical facility to follow to determine who will receive a ventilator when there is a shortage of ventilators in the facility. Guidelines at 3. 38. Under the Guidelines, a patient’s physician does not det…

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

March 4, 2009assisted suicide, crime and punishment, final exit network, media coverage, media issues, Our News & Commentary Blog, Time magazineStephen Drake

…analysis of Kevorkian’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 amnes…

Not Dead Yet Testimony Opposing Hawaii Assisted Suicide Bill HB 2739

February 27, 2018"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, dredf, elder abuse, hawaii, Our News & Commentary Blog, Testimonyaid in dying, assisted suicide, Hawaii, TestimonyDiane Coleman

…ingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/11/diabetics-eligible-physician-assisted-suicide-oreg/ [7] https://dredf.org/public-policy/assisted-suicide/why-assisted-suicide-must-not-be-legalized/ [8] http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1404688 [9]http://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/pt-req.pdf…

Testimony of Diane Coleman, JD, President/CEO of Not Dead Yet Opposing Hawaii HB 2739