The Right to Die

Jul 11

3

My Path To Supporting Patients All The Way

By Ben Janzen | Choice, Dying, End-of-life care, Medical Aid in Dying, Religion, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | One Comment

What happens when a devout person of faith – steeped for life in church doctrine that preaches the sanctity of life – must minister to dying patients who choose to exit with aid because state law provides that option?

Jul 04

11

A Humane End-of-Life for Humans Too

By Gary Wederspahn | Choice, Dying, End-of-life care, Right-to-Die Laws, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 2 Comments

Every U.S. state has laws against treating animals with cruelty. But only a handful permit Medical Aid in Dying to alleviate human suffering – and only in a small set of very limited circumstances.

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May 23

5

The Highest Good

By Lamar Hankins | Choice, Death With Dignity Act, Disability, End-of-life care, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die, VSED | 7 Comments

What is the highest good and who decides? Here are some reflections on that question from Lamar Hankins.

May 16

4

How to Be Part of Online Death Discussions

By Gail Rubin | Advance Directives, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Funeral Planning, Grief, Organ and Tissue Donation, Pandemic, The Right to Die | One Comment

Please welcome death and grief educator, author, and public speaker Gail Rubin, aka The Doyenne of Death, as a guest contributor to the blog.

May 02

4

How We Learn About Death, Part 1

By Terri Daniel | Advance Directives, Death With Dignity Act, Dementia, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, POLST, Religion, Right-to-Die Laws, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die, VSED | 5 Comments

Please join us in welcoming author, podcast host, and end-of-life educator, and atheist chaplain Terri Daniel as a guest contributor to the blog.

Apr 25

7

FEN’s Surrogate Consultant — The First 100 Days

By Althea Halchuck | Advance Directives, Choice, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Medical Aid in Dying, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 2 Comments

Say hello to Althea Halchuck, FEN’s new surrogate consultant.

Apr 18

6

Stories from FEN Members — April 2021

By Kevin Bradley | Choice, Dementia, Final Exit Network, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Religion, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 3 Comments

More FEN members share why they care about the right to die in general, and why they joined FEN in particular.

Mar 07

15

Refuting Arguments Against Medical Aid in Dying

By David Leven | Medical Aid in Dying, PAD, Right-to-Die Laws, The Right to Die | 2 Comments

Wondering what to say to people who argue against MAiD? Here’s your cheat sheet.

Feb 14

6

Legal Push to Get Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients

By JoNel Aleccia | End-of-life care, Psilocybin, The Right to Die | One Comment

Palliative care physician Sunil Aggarwal and attorney Kathryn Tucker lead the charge to make magic mushrooms available for palliative care patients.

Jan 17

9

Dave Warnock, Part 2

By Dave Warnock | ALS, Final Exit Network, The Right to Die | 3 Comments

Part 2 of my conversation with Dave Warnock, an atheist who was recently diagnosed with ALS and who spent over 30 years as a fundamentalist evangelical Christian minister.