Kristen Hanson

“As disabled people know very well, doctors often make mistakes about whether a person is terminal or not. In June, 2009, while living in Washington state, my mother was determined to be in the final stages of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and placed in hospice. Two months later, I was told that her body had …

Disability Rights Advocates Testify Against Assisted Suicide in NYC Read More »

As a physician engaged in direct patient care, legislation (A.2383-A/S.3151-A.) that would legalize assisted suicide in New York is of grave concern to me, and I oppose it. So does the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY), the state’s principal non-profit professional organization for physicians, residents and medical students of all specialties. The …

Legal assisted suicide dangerous, unethical Read More »