hands-of-an-elderly-man-resting-on-a-walking-cane-stockpack-261734944-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 21, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , advance directive, Alzheimer’s disease, antibiotics, burden, dementia, dementia patients, doula, hospice, killing, nursing, palliative care, patients, suffering, suicide, Thaddeus Mason Pope Will We Care For or Kill Dementia Patients? Wesley J. Smith September 21, 2025 Bioethics, Medicine 2 I understand that people are terrified of dementia. Believe me, I get it. My mother died of Alzheimer’s. Read More ›
help-in-everyday-actions-stockpack-adobe-stock-118068461-sto Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 11, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , Alzheimer’s disease, Arthur Caplan, artificial hydration and nutrition, bioethics, chemotherapy, competency, dehydration, dementia, feeding tubes, food, hygiene, liquids, medical treatment, medicine, Medscape, nurse, nursing, nutrients, patients, spoon-feeding, starvation, surgery, swallowing, Terri Schiavo Should Caregivers Be Forced to Starve Dementia Patients? Wesley J. Smith August 11, 2025 Bioethics, Medicine 4 If you did such a thing to a dog, you would go to jail. When will we say, “Enough. This is too much to ask”? Read More ›
