doctor Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 15, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , assisted suicide, autistism, Canada, Compassion and Choices, death, dying, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, hospice, slippery slope, suicide, VSED Euthanize Me, or I’ll Starve Myself to Death Wesley J. Smith June 15, 2024 Bioethics, Medicine 3 Allowing euthanasia and/or assisted suicide unleashes drastic desires in suffering individuals. Read More ›
syringe 3 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 28, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, "rational suicide", “aid-in-dying”, American Psychological Association, choice, Compassion and Choices, euphemism, Hemlock Society, suicide, suicide prevention, terminal illness Pushing Suicide as Merely a “Choice” Wesley J. Smith May 28, 2019 Bioethics, Medicine 4 This is the concept of “rational suicide” — a minority view in the mental health professions. Read More ›
elderly woman Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 8, 2019 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, advance directive, assisted suicide, Compassion and Choices, dementia, doctors, dying, eating, euthanasia, feeding tube, fluids, food, Hemlock Society, interpretation, nourishment, nurses, patients, treatment “Starve Me” Advance Directive Would Be Immoral Wesley J. Smith April 8, 2019 Bioethics, Medicine 4 Many of these provisions are, to say the least, subject to interpretation. And people with dementia may refuse food one meal, and accept the next. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 17, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, assisted suicide, Australia, Compassion and Choices, euthanasia, friends, Hemlock Society, media, Newsweek, The New Yorker Normalizing Suicide Parties Wesley J. Smith September 17, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting 3 The latest example comes in a New Yorker essay by Cory Taylor, a woman with a terminal illness. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 9, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, “aid-in-dying”, assisted suicide, Compassion and Choices, Constitution, Florida, Hemlock Society, New Mexico, New York State, Roe v. Wade, suicide, Supreme Court, Washington v. Glucksberg NY High Court Rejects Assisted Suicide Right Wesley J. Smith September 9, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine 3 The last thing this country needs are courts imposing extra-democratically a radical social revolution against venerable values and mores. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 3, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineScience Reporting Tagged , __k-review, Alzheimer’s, Compassion and Choices, Death with Dignity, dementia, elderly people, Hemlock Society, hypothermia, suffering, USA Today, voluntary stop eating and drinking Another Egregious Form of “Death with Dignity” Wesley J. Smith September 3, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting 4 My mother died of Alzheimer’s in my home last year. My uncle died of it several years ago. Believe me, I know what Alzheimer’s is like. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 27, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, abortion, Alliance Defending Freedom, assisted suicide, Compassion and Choices, Hemlock Society, Maine, Roman Catholic, Vermont On Medical Conscience and Assisted Suicide, Good News from Vermont and Maine Wesley J. Smith May 27, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine 3 Alliance Defending Freedom has successfully obtained a consent decree that protects doctors in Vermont. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 26, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, assisted suicide, Compassion and Choices, euthanasia, Hemlock Society No Abuses in Assisted Suicide? What a Crock Wesley J. Smith September 26, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 The suicide pushers can say accurately, as in the old Outer Limits TV show, "We are controlling transmission." Read More ›
