The Right to Die

Dec 17

3

How Not To Die In The E.R.

By Fran Moreland Johns | Advance Directives, Choice, Completed Life, Death Wellness, Death With Dignity, DNR, End-of-life care, End-of-Life Planning, Good Death, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Hospice, PAD, POLST, Rational Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 6 Comments

“There should be a JLMA form: Just Leave Me Alone, for those of us who concede that we’re actually going to die some day and work to keep our end-times as inexpensive and comfortable as possible.”

Oct 15

4

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Should You Have A Fundamental Right To Control Your Own Death?

By Kayleigh Wright | Death With Dignity, End-of-Life Planning, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Palliative Care, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 6 Comments

“What is fundamentally the difference between a doctor pulling a plug on a machine that provides lifesaving nutrients to a person that could potentially stay ‘alive’ on it for years, and a doctor prescribing pills to a person with mere days or months to live to end their unnecessary suffering?”

Sep 17

4

Pro Choice To The End Of Life

By Dr. Susan Robinson | Choice, Death With Dignity, Disability, Disability Rights, Discrimination, End-of-life care, Medical Aid in Dying, Oregon Death with Dignity Act, PAD, Rational Death, Right-to-Die Laws, The Right to Die | 10 Comments

“Why would an anti-MAiD activist try to force a patient about whom they know nothing, to live by the activist’s personal values rather than the patient’s own?”

May 14

0

Medical Aid In Dying Is Still Called “Assisted Suicide”; An Anthropologist Explains The Problem With That

By Anita Hannig | Assisted Suicide, Choice, Completed Life, Death, Death With Dignity, Death With Dignity Act, Dying, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Oregon Death with Dignity Act, PAD, Rational Death, Rational Suicide, Religion, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 5 Comments

It’s time that we revise and refine our cultural lexicon around this emergent end-of-life practice. A medically assisted death definitively warrants a linguistic and conceptual category of its own.

May 08

2

The Original Vision For FEN’s Blog

By Lamar Hankins | Death With Dignity, Final Exit Network, Free speech, The Right to Die | 5 Comments

Final Exit Network’s blog has had over 105,000 views since its inception.

Mar 26

1

Quality Of Life At The End Of Life

By Barak Wolff | Choice, Death With Dignity, End-of-life care, End-of-Life Planning, Medical Aid in Dying, Right-to-Die Laws, The Right to Die | One Comment

The lawsuit does not attack the right of patients to access medical aid in dying, which is the heart of the bill. Rather, it challenges provisions of the law that require providers to inform patients of the availability of medical aid in dying, and to refer those patients to a willing provider if the patient’s primary provider is unable or is unwilling for any reason.

Mar 19

1

You’re Suing Me BECAUSE I Kept Your Husband Alive?

By Althea Halchuck | Advance Directives, Dementia, DNR, End-of-life care, End-of-Life Planning, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Healthcare Proxy, Living Will, MOLST, Palliative Care, POLST, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 5 Comments

“They made the end of his life horrible and painful and humiliating,” Elaine Greenberg said. “What’s the sense of having a living will if it’s not honored?”

Jan 29

0

Whose Death Is It, Anyway?

By Ron Kokish | Choice, Death With Dignity, Dementia, Medical Aid in Dying, PAD, The Right to Die | 4 Comments

Unconscious, Michael lingered for hours. His waiting children had no one to call for advice, but Michael had left instructions for this eventuality. Sobbing, his son Bill lovingly carried out his father’s wishes.

Dec 18

1

“A Time To Love And A Time To Die” . . . Ecclesiastes 3:2

By Ron Kokish | Choice, Completed Life, The Right to Die | 5 Comments

She wanted to go out on a high note, and from her point of view, she did. But for her many friends, that note was exceedingly sour. Should we blame her? Maybe.

Oct 30

3

Sharing VSED Resources In My Community

By Nancy Simmers | Choice, Completed Life, Death, Death Doula, Death With Dignity, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Palliative Care, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die, VSED | 4 Comments

VSED might not be for everyone, but it is the only chance for some to experience an end to unbearable suffering. Done with careful preparation, medical support, and compassionate caregiving, VSED offers a natural end to life.