In the discussion about physician assisted suicide, we can learn from the data in other states and other countries. And, we should learn from initiatives and workgroups right here in Delaware. Nationally, the number of patients who seek physician assisted suicide remains extremely small. Furthermore, many...
Published by the Wall Street Journal on July 6th, 2017 By J.J. Hanson Aggressive brain cancer is trying to end my life. The best doctors in the world are racing to find a cure. Meanwhile, legislation promoting assisted suicide all over the nation would dismantle essential protections...
Colorado's law allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending drugs is quietly underway, with an estimated 10 prescriptions filled since voters approved the practice last year, advocates say. Colorado has joined Oregon, California, Montana, Vermont, Washington state and Washington, D.C., in allowing doctor-assisted suicide. But dozens...
The problem is, once PAS is legal and accepted, there will be intense pressure from relatives and insurers on those who are not terminal, but require extensive, inconvenient and costly life-sustaining care, to stop being a "burden" and take the "dignified way out.” Advocates have...
I have listened to many statements lately on assisted suicide and lack of autonomy as a reason to end someone's life. This hurts me deeply. My daughter is 30 years old and has very significant disabilities including an inability to walk, talk or sit without support....
A cystic fibrosis sufferer who was ready to die at the assisted suicide clinic Dignitas changed her mind after hearing five words. Janka Penther, once a keen surfer, was housebound, barely able to walk and could only breathe through an oxygen tube. When the chronic lung condition...
The Delaware End of Life Options Act (HB 160) is currently making its way through the Delaware General Assembly. This bill would legalize what has been called “physician assisted suicide” or “medical aid in dying” for terminally ill adult patients. End of life bills have been...
A judge Friday allowed a legal challenge to proceed against California’s law allowing terminally ill people to seek prescriptions for life-ending drugs. Riverside County Judge Daniel A. Ottolia decided to allow a lawsuit by doctors challenging the state’s 2016 law permitting medically-assisted death move forward and...
As a physician who deals daily with terminal patients, I can say that HB 160 is bad policy for many reasons. Here are five: First, contrary to what proponents say, legalizing assisted suicide actually limits your choices and access to healthcare. Once assisted suicide becomes a medical...
A one-hour in-depth interview with Dr. Brian Callister on the Rick Jensen radio show in Delaware. Must listen!...