For decades, we’ve known that suicide is contagious and that how we talk about it matters. Now, we’re at least starting to see how crucial it is to honor the lives of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain without perseverating ghoulishly on how they died. Though it’s no easy thing, we’ve got to find a way to destigmatize without normalizing and to eulogize without...
California residents can still seek lethal medication as state courts consider a ruling that would overturn its 2015 assisted suicide law. The state Fourth District Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay on a lower court ruling that would have suspended assisted-suicide prescriptions in the state. "The...
As of Friday, it is again legal in California for doctors to help their terminally ill patients to die. The controversial 2015 legalization of medical aid in dying was in effect for almost two years before it was ruled unconstitutional on May 25 by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Ottolia....
ALBANY — With three scheduled days left in the legislative session, advocates have given up hope that physician-assisted suicide will be legalized this year in New York. In a letter to lawmakers, two groups — Compassion & Choices and the Death With Dignity National Center —...
As a practicing physician with over 30 years of experience, I am honored to be an advocate for the ethical care of all patients regardless of their stage of life. Since assisted suicide became legal in California and Oregon, I have experienced first-hand the abuses...
As a physician specializing in oncology and hematology since 1975, I am pleased that the American Medical Association (AMA), American College of Physicians, American Psychological Association and many other medical organizations have, to this point, recognized the real danger associated with assisted suicide, and hope...
California made a mistake by legalizing assisted suicide, but now it has a chance to correct its error. California’s assisted suicide law was overturned by Judge Daniel Ottolia because the legislative process was not properly followed. If Judge Ottolia’s ruling stands, it will be a...
We all mourn suicides and our hearts go out to the families of people like Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. We rightly put millions into suicide prevention programs. How is it that the assisted suicide lobby considers it different when illness and a doctor are...
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide rates have increased in almost every state over a nearly 20-year period ending in 2016, with almost 45,000 lives lost to the tragedy that year. Stories of survival save lives The shocking news of Kate Spade’s and Anthony Bourdain’s deaths...
Accepting physician-assisted suicide is a slippery slope. The American Medical Association believes it is wrong for doctors to kill. Let's stick by that belief. The American Medical Association House of Delegates in Chicago will soon engage in a critical debate over the report of the AMA’s Council...