On the website of the New England Journal of Medicine, there is a "special article" entitled "Implementing a Death with Dignity Program at a Comnprehensive Cancer Center". It describes a real program and a real experience at "Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, the site of care for the Fred Hutchinson–University of Washington Cancer Consortium, a comprehensive cancer center in … [Read more...] about So Much for Those Prognoses of Six or Fewer Months to Live
The Testimony of Phillip Brown, Chief Medical Officer at Central VT Hospital, Methodically Destroys Claims of “Safety” in Oregon Assisted Suicides And Shows How There Has Been a Slippery Slope in Reporting Requirements
In italics below, is Dr. Brown's testimony, which carefully, methodically uses the facts to show the deficiencies in the Oregon reports proponents cite to claim that there has been no abuse in assisted suicides there. The testimony also lists two examples of the slippery slope: ways in which the reporting requirements have been lightened to further obscure what really … [Read more...] about The Testimony of Phillip Brown, Chief Medical Officer at Central VT Hospital, Methodically Destroys Claims of “Safety” in Oregon Assisted Suicides And Shows How There Has Been a Slippery Slope in Reporting Requirements
How Could VT Lawmakers, Knowing the State’s Terrible Abuse Response Record, Consider Enacting Assisted Suicide, the Perfect Cover for Abusers?
The Vermont House recently passed H. 105, an act requiring the Commissioner of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living, part of the VT Department of Human Services, to provide quarterly information on the number of adult abuse reports received by the department, the number actually investigated, the number declared unsubstianted after an investigation, and the reasons why … [Read more...] about How Could VT Lawmakers, Knowing the State’s Terrible Abuse Response Record, Consider Enacting Assisted Suicide, the Perfect Cover for Abusers?
Vermont Center for Independent Living Continues to Oppose Physician Prescribed Suicide: Testimony of Executive Director Sarah Launderville before the House Human Services Committee
Below in italics is the testimony of Sarah Launderville, the executive director of the Vermont Center for Independent Living, a statewide organization that advocates for the right of people with disabilities to receive the help they need to live in their own homes. Its website is http://www.vcil.org. According to Launderville, the members of VCIL, in opposing assisted … [Read more...] about Vermont Center for Independent Living Continues to Oppose Physician Prescribed Suicide: Testimony of Executive Director Sarah Launderville before the House Human Services Committee
Urgent Alert: Call Your Representatives This Weekend, and Testify at the Public Hearings on Tuesday
NOW is the time to call your representative. Emails are acceptable, but calls are more effective; and the weekend is the time to find your rep at home. Contact information is available here: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/legdir/districts.cfm?Body=H. Tell him or her that you do not want legal assisted suicide in Vermont. For talking points, read Donna Scott’s letter to … [Read more...] about Urgent Alert: Call Your Representatives This Weekend, and Testify at the Public Hearings on Tuesday