“Assisted Dying,” “Medical Aid in Dying” (MAID), “Physician Assisted Suicide”(PAS)—by whatever label we attach to it controversy continues to swirl around the practice of prescribing a lethal drug for a patient with a putatively terminal illness.1,2 (For now, let’s leave aside the point that physicians...
If we care for patients properly at the end of life, then there really wouldn’t be a desire for assisted suicide. Matthew Vallière, Executive Director of the Patients Rights Action Fund explained, “The policy fight against assisted suicide is quite imperative as a hand-in-hand with...
Dr Gordon Macdonald, Senior Policy Officer with CARE for Scotland said there was “no evidence” of a shift in opinion among MSPs on the issue. He said: “The public when presented with the main arguments opposed to assisted suicide show that there is no overwhelming...
In a special interview with the widow of former US Marine JJ Hanson who succumbed to terminal brain cancer after living three years past what the docs expected, we cover the very difficult topic of the so-called "Right to Die." I interviewed JJ on NJ...
It is problematic to argue that euthanasia is a logical progression to the Advance Medical Directive and, therefore, mercy killing should be decriminalised (Calls for abolition of euthanasia offence, death penalty, S377A; Oct 25). The Advance Medical Directive is a written document that contains one's wishes...
I have an advanced neuromuscular condition and must use breathing support with a mask 18 hours a day. As a severely disabled person who depends on life-sustaining treatment, I would be able to qualify for assisted suicide at any time where it is legal. If I...
Randy Hillard has traveled more in the past eight years than he has his entire life. But if he went through with his plan to go to Switzerland in 2010, those trips wouldn’t have happened. That's because eight years ago, Hillard was determined to kill himself...
The American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs has released its new report and recommends once again that the AMA retain its position in opposition to assisted suicide. At the AMA's annual meeting in June of 2018, the House of Delegates referred CEJA's report back...
Hawaii health officials are urging health care organizations to prepare for the law allowing doctors to fulfill requests from terminally ill patients to prescribe life-ending medication. Hawaii Medical Association Executive Director Chris Flanders says most doctors seem reluctant to participate. Read more at Hawaii New Now...
The medical profession must do better when it comes to palliative care and hospice. Sadly, patients and their families are often unprepared for the final stages of the dying process. As a result, many wait too long before utilizing hospice and palliative services, which can...