The Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Board of Directors has voted to enact the facility exemption rule that was included in the aid-in-dying law the Legislature passed this year, according to the Brattleboro Reformer article linked … [Read more...] about Brattleboro Hospital Enacts Facility Exemption Rule
Disability Rights Group Asks Elder Abuse Professionals to Speak Out Against Assisted Suicide Laws
This press release linked below was released June 15, 2013, by the Disability Rights group, Not Dead Yet. It makes the point, presented but ignored in the Vermont debate, that the affluence of those committing assisted suicide in Oregon and Washington, often cited as an indicator that these are people immune from abuse, may in fact indicate the opposite: the affluent are the … [Read more...] about Disability Rights Group Asks Elder Abuse Professionals to Speak Out Against Assisted Suicide Laws
Fletcher Allen’s Medical Director on the Ethical and Legal Questions Raised by the Assisted Suicide Law
Stephen Leffler M.D., the medical director of Fletcher Allen, writing on the hospital’s blog page, points out some of the many challenges the assisted suicide law presents to hospitals (http://fletcherallenblog.wordpress.com/2013/06/05/patient-choice-at-the-end-of-life-what-vermonts-new-law-means-for-fletcher-allen/). There is, for example, the question of how the widely … [Read more...] about Fletcher Allen’s Medical Director on the Ethical and Legal Questions Raised by the Assisted Suicide Law
The Myth of Checks and Balances in S.77
There is a persistent myth circulating regarding Vermont’s assisted suicide legislation that suggests the legislation contains many safeguards to prevent abuse. This is simply untrue. The legislation passed in Vermont in fact contains few concrete safeguards for patients and is primarily designed to protect the doctors who enable them to kill themselves. In a June 9 … [Read more...] about The Myth of Checks and Balances in S.77
Urgent: Corrected Link to the PAS Poll in the Burlington Free Press
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/poll/2013-05-20/7117084 Please vote NO to the question: "Are you in favor of the end-of-life bill enacted by the Vermont legislature and Gov. Shumlin?" Our earlier post had an incorrect link. It was possible to get to the poll, and we have narrowed the gap; but getting the poll instead of the results was difficult, and we are still … [Read more...] about Urgent: Corrected Link to the PAS Poll in the Burlington Free Press