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Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 23, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, Academy Award, assisted suicide, British Columbia, California, COVID-19, euthanasia, hospice, Italy, Jack Kevorkian, quadriplegia, San Francisco Chronicle, UC Berkeley, United States}

Euthanasia’s Cruel Compassion

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 23, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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Federico Carboni wanted suicide because he had no autonomy, saying in an interview, “I am like a boat adrift in the ocean.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Medicine
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, __edited, assisted suicide, Big Government, British Columbia, Canada, dementia, doctors, euthanasia, freedom of conscience, hospice, killing, MAiD, medical assistance in dying, nursing homes, organ harvesting, patients, Quebec, religious beliefs, socialism, United States}

Pressuring a Hospice to Kill

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2020

Ethics, Medicine

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Canada is our closest cultural cousin: We had better be careful, or the same thing could happen here. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 22, 2019

Categories
Medicine
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, __edited, authoritarianism, British Columbia, Canada, compassion, doctor, euthanasia, Globe and Mail, hospice, Ontario, patients}

Forcing a Hospice to Euthanize in Canada

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 22, 2019

Medicine

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Euthanasia is more than just legal in Canada. It has become a government-guaranteed right. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 19, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Congress, death, hospice, hospitals, New England Journal of Medicine, palliative care, USA Today}

More Americans Now Die at Home than in Hospitals

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 19, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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This trend is beneficial. But more needs to be done. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Alzheimer’s disease, assisted suicide, barbiturates, Bill Clinton, Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, euthanasia, hospice, hospitals, hydration, medical school, medicine, nutrition, Oregon, palliative care, self-starvation, Supreme Court, VSED}

A Trojan Horse for Euthanasia? No

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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When my mother was dying of Alzheimer’s disease and the sharp bodily decline that hits those in their late 90s, my wife and I brought her home for care. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, assisted suicide, California, Canada, doctor, doctors, euthanasia, hospice, intervention, Jack Kevorkian, Netherlands, Oregon, palliative care, patients, poison, Quebec}

How Euthanasia Hurts Palliative Care

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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One doctor infamously said he didn’t need palliative care when he had euthanasia. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, assisted suicide, doctors, emergency room, health care, hospice, medicine, mental health, oncology, patients, terminal illness}

“Zero Suicide” Project Forgets about Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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It rarely fails. I see a news story lauding a suicide-prevention program. But then I check it out. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 1, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, death, Death with Dignity, drugs, Food and Drug Administration, fraud, health insurance, hospice, illness, law, medication, medicine, patients, stem cells}

The Downsides of “Right to Try”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 1, 2018

Medicine

3}

A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, administrators, assisted suicide, British Columbia, Canada, death, dignity, euthanasia, hospice, killing, London, MAiD, medicine, palliative care, patients}

Canadian Hospice Says No to Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Cecily Saunders, who created the modern hospice movement, stood steadfastly against assisted-suicide legalization. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, Alzheimer’s, anxiety, assisted suicide, CNN, dignity, hospice, illness, suffering, suicide}

Defining Dignity Up

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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When you look at the studies of why people decide to commit assisted suicide or be euthanized, a consistent pattern emerges. Read More ›