Medical error is not included on death certificates or in rankings of cause of death. Martin Makary and Michael Daniel assess its contribution to mortality and call for better reporting. Read more >>
Continue Reading → Medical error — the third leading cause of death in the US
The Coalition for HealthCare and Conscience is seeking a judicial review of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) policy requiring physicians who oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide, to refer patients to a physician who will kill. Read more >>
Véronique Hivon is accusing Philippe Couillard’s government of illegally modifying the provincial Act Respecting End-of-Life Care by issuing new directives that were not subject to the legislative process. Read more >>
Continue Reading → PQ’s Hivon accuses Liberal government of tampering with end-of-life law
Hugely popular television star Michael Landon died in 1991 at age fifty-four. He publically announced his determination to hang on until the end. Attitudes have changed about disease and death since then. Indeed, today, many might secretly consider Landon a chump for choosing to struggle until his natural death.Read more >>
Continue Reading → Of Michael Landon and Brittany Maynard
It must never become accepted wisdom that old age is going to be a miserable experience. We must fight tooth and nail to change the system, to improve life for older people, and to convince people to enter their later years in good heart. Read more >>
Continue Reading → No, human beings do not have shelf life