Posted by: kathrynjudson on: May 16, 2011
… Caring for the elderly: finite resources or infinite love?, by Joyce Coronel.
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: May 14, 2011
Wesley J. Smith looks at the problem of doctors who give up before the patient does.
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: May 10, 2011
Barb at erasetheneed’s blog discusses issues related to assisted suicide.
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: April 28, 2011
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: April 25, 2011
If I understand correctly, Canadian doctors are seeking legal cover for withdrawing medical care without consent.
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: April 21, 2011
He is breathing on his own, too, which is very good news. But all his family had been asking all along, really, was that they could take him home. And he’s finally there.
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: April 11, 2011
Taking note of a doctor who naively started her career as a proponent of assisted suicide, but who changed her mind after working with actual disabled people, and watching them go through valleys and come out the other side. hat tip: Vital Signs
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: April 5, 2011
Denny Hartford has a few suggestions. He notes that active euthanasia – actual hastening of death – has become more common in medical facilities than many people realize – until they have a loved one in need of care. The Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network is also a good place to turn for information, [...]
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: April 1, 2011
In Death in Springtime: Terri Schiavo and Pope John Paul II, Leticia Velasquez remembers their deaths, while explaining one of the reasons Terri’s death was so personal to her. Her daughter, with Down syndrome, had been hospitalized, and the nurses had been hostile. Like many of us, it was the barbaric killing of Terri Schiavo [...]
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: March 21, 2011
Zombie writes at Pajamas Media about the wisdom (or lack thereof) of Advanced Directives, and the attitudes of various health care workers, in “Death Channels.” (February 21, 2011) hat tip: Wendy Wright link on Facebook
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