2005-protest-for-Terri-Schiavo-2 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 29, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsMedicineScience Tagged , advance directive, California, Canada, Colorado, compassion, Connecticut, dehydration, disabilities, District of Columbia, euthanasia, feeding tube, Hawaii, heart, human life, kidneys, liver, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, mental illness, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, new york, nihilism, Oregon, organ transplant, pancreas, Rhode Island, suicide tourism, Terri Schiavo, Vermont, VSED A Culture-of-Death Tipping Point Wesley J. Smith March 29, 2023 Bioethics, Medicine, Science 5 A legal battle raged for several years during which the country agonized and argued about the right and moral course. Read More ›
hush-naidoo-382152-unsplash Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 16, 2019 CategoriesMedicine Tagged , __k-review, death, dehydration, European Union, euthanasia, execution, feeding tube, France, United Nations UN Committee Tries to Save “French Terri Schiavo” Wesley J. Smith May 16, 2019 Medicine 3 Vincent Lambert was catastrophically injured in an automobile accident in France in 2008. 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 ›