Legislation that would legalize physician assisted suicide in New York is unlikely to be taken up by state lawmakers in 2017, legislative leaders indicated Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R-Suffolk County) said he did not support the measure and “can’t fathom a circumstance” where the...
On Saturday, May 6th, NDY’s John Kelly and Anita Cameron were part of a very informative and successful training on the dangers of assisted suicide legislation held in Boston by the Patients Rights Action Fund (PRAF). PRAF is an important partner in coalitions that oppose...
Preface - Alva B Weir, III, MD, FACP addresses an important question in the assisted-suicide debate: What is a physician’s central responsibility in the care of his or her patients near the end of their lives? I recently read with interest Dr Thomas Strouse’s article written to support physician...
A Delaware lawmaker has reintroduced legislation allowing doctor-assisted suicide. Democratic Rep. Paul Baumbach of Newark admitted Tuesday that he does not expect to win passage of the legislation, which was tabled in committee two years ago, but wants to continue to shine light on the issue. The...
In a decision praised by advocates out to make New York the latest state to let doctors aid in the deaths of terminally ill patients, the state's Medical Society will survey physicians to see where they stand on the controversial issue. The Medical Society of the...
"It’s my life; why won’t you just let me die?” We had spent much time together during the weeks on my psychiatry rotation and had grown fairly close. Yet it wasn’t our bond that made her words so hard to hear. It was because she...
The Medical Journal of Australia has just published a commissioned paper on euthanasia and assisted suicide by one of America’s leading bioethicists, Dr Ezekiel Emanuel. Emanuel is not a palaeo-conservative. A brother of Obama’s former chief-of-staff, Rahm Emanuel, a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and...
Disability, illness, dying and death can be complex issues to discuss and think about – especially as it impacts ourselves or our loved ones. All of these issue areas factor signi cantly into the topic of Assisted Suicide. What is Assisted Suicide? Webster de nes Assisted...
The Medical Society of New York State has decided to ask doctors for their opinions on physician assisted dying. he medical society, which has about 30,000 members made up of physicians and medical students, has maintained its position of opposing physician assisted dying since 1992. “In the past, there was...
Maine Gov. Paul LePage clarified his stance on assisted suicide during a radio appearance in which he said he's still against a measure to make the practice legal in the state. LePage, a Republican, said earlier this week that he would veto a bill moving through...