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Before too much is made of the Georgia Supreme Court's ruling freeing four Final Exit volunteers from criminal charges for assisting a suicide, let's look at the facts:
1) This was a unanimous 7-0 dec ision...
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Karin Porter Williamson, MDJohn CarneyA study in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests Do Not Resuscitate Orders may prompt caregivers to forego treatments that patients may have wa nted...
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Interesting responses from the question about the ethics of placebos. A brief and more extensive response shared below.L2--So, I’ll throw out a question to that question – if the intervent ion...
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Is it ethical to prescribe a placebo for a patient?Jim deMaine, MDKevin MDFebruary 2, 2012Our formulary at that time (a number of years ago) carried a “drug” called Obecalp. As you might h ave...
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This from the GeriPal Blog yesterday.L2Are you encouraged that the candidates have at least some healthy respect for Advance Directives and the right not to have CPR performed upon them? Are you disma yed...
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Alleviating Suffering 101 — Pain Relief in the United StatesPhilip A. Pizzo, M.D., and Noreen M. Clark, Ph.D.New England Journal of MedicineJanuary 19, 2012The magnitude of pain in the United St ates...
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Here are some responses to yesterday’s post on this subject.L2Response 1: I cannot think of any compelling moral reason not to use the living donors for this person regardless of their alien sta tus...
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Consultation for ethics response pertains to a case in which a resident alien (documented) with end-stage renal failure, recently listed with UNOS for a deceased donor kidney transplant, presents to t he...
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In March 1965, Rosemary Flanigan was among a group of Catholic nuns who traveled to Selma, Alabama to advocate for civil rights. The trip came shortly after "Bloody Sunday" on March 7, 1965, when 600 civil...
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Nationally, about 3,300 men and women die in American prisons each year. A decade ago, most died alone and in pain. Today, thanks to the creative leadership of a few prison wardens and superintendents there...
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