The article in italics below was written by Edward J. Mahoney, a professor at St. Michael's College and President of the the Vermont Alliance for Ethical Health Care, and published in the July 5, 2013 edition of Burlington Free Press (http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013307070007). Please comment supporting his call for a special session of the … [Read more...] about Vermont’s Assisted Suicide Law “Medical Malpractice”: Special Session of the Legislature Needed to Address Its Problems
France’s Official Ethics Advisory Committee Rejects Vermont-Style Assisted Suicide
An "official" ethics committee charged with coming up with recommendations to the French Goverment about whether to legalize assisted suicide has said, "No" with a majority vote. Of course France's President Hollande will still try to get an assisted suicide law passed. Let's hope this recommendation from the Ethics Advisory Committee serves to wake up the French people and … [Read more...] about France’s Official Ethics Advisory Committee Rejects Vermont-Style Assisted Suicide
The List of Hospitals to Opt Out Grows
Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans has joined the growing list of Vermont hospitals choosing to opt out of participating in the new Physician Aid in Dying law (S.77), according to a column written by NMC CEO Jill Berry Bowen, published in the St. Albans Messenger on June 25 and available on the hospital’s website: … [Read more...] about The List of Hospitals to Opt Out Grows
Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and Gifford Medical Center Choose Not to Participate in Assisted Suicide
We have confirmation from both these hospitals that they have chosen the exemption to Vermont's assisted suicide law, but the spokesperson for Southern Vermont Medical Center added the cautionary phrase, "for now". We congratulate all the VT hospitals that are choosing the exemption, but our rejoicing is muted, both by that "for now" phrase that we keep hearing and by the … [Read more...] about Southwestern Vermont Medical Center and Gifford Medical Center Choose Not to Participate in Assisted Suicide
Grace Cottage Becomes the Third Vermont Hospital to Enact the Facilities Exemption, But Only While It Makes Up Its Mind What to Do about Assisted Suicide
Here is a link to an article from the June 22 Brattleboro Reformer about the decision of tiny Grace Cottage Hospital to avail itself of its limited ability not to cooperate with assisted suicide: http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_23515442/grace-cottage-opts-out-assisted-suicide-law-now. The law allows health care facilities to prohibit a physician practicing in the … [Read more...] about Grace Cottage Becomes the Third Vermont Hospital to Enact the Facilities Exemption, But Only While It Makes Up Its Mind What to Do about Assisted Suicide