Elderly_Woman,_B&W_image_by_Chalmers_Butterfield Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 5, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , assisted dying, assisted suicide, dementia, disabilities, duty to die, economics, euthanasia, illnesses, immigration, logic, morality, old age, policy Normalizing Assisted Suicide Will Lead to a Duty to Die Wesley J. Smith April 5, 2024 Bioethics, Medicine 3 Come on, Granny! Time to swallow the pills. We need your money to send Junior to college. Read More ›
elderly Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 23, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, aging, Alzheimer’s, cancer, death, disease, duty to die, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, Hastings Center Report, health, health insurance, John Hardwig, life, medical care, medicine, rationing, University of Illinois, utilitarianism A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly? Wesley J. Smith September 23, 2018 Bioethics, Medicine 3 University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.” Read More ›
