Dozens of physicians who signed up to participate in physician-assisted suicide now want their names removed from the list of willing participants.
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In the Netherlands, an elderly woman suffering from dementia was held down against her protests as a lethal injection was administered by a doctor. In the days before her “euthanasia” she repeatedly said “I don’t want to die.” The doctor was cleared of wrongdoing.
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Without palliative care, which requires budgets, training, and accredited providers, long-suffering patients will be left to turn to support medically assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Continue Reading → Palliative care: an evolutionary turn in dark times
Medially assisted dying and euthanasia are not the only options for patients facing life-limiting illnesses and serious pain. There is another choice that aligns better with many individual and cultural values and aspirations for quality of life: palliative care.
An article discussing Living with Dignity’s response to the murder of a woman by her caregiver husband last month.
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