Spouse Battles Birth Family over Whether to Withdraw Life-Sustaining Treatment from RS
The conflict over treatment for middle-aged RS continues. On the one hand, his wife and children support withdrawing life-sustaining treatment because there is only a small chance he will emerge to even MCS. On the other hand, RS' birth family opposes ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 4, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Right to Die Around the World – Webinar
Join the Hemlock Society of San Diego on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 3:30 PM CST. This free educational program will cover laws and practices of Voluntary Euthanasia and briefly review Assisted Dying practices around the world. Expert Speakers:Rob... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 3, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
VSED – Reading List and Resources
The mission of VSED Resources Northwest is to "increase community awareness of VSED as a conscious end-of-life choice and to further its availability and access." They have been building their website which now includes links to many good books, a... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 2, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
“One Last Time”
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
One of the traditions of this blog has been an end-of-year recap and offering of predictions for the new year. Like most things in 2020, however, this year’s review will be a little different. While I am writing the end of the year post, the look forward is being written by the new co-editors of the blog, Keisha Ray and Alyssa Burgart.
In 2012, two colleagues and friends arranged a shidduch between myself and David Magnus, editor-in-chief of The American Journal of Bioethics.… (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 1, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Craig Klugman Tags: Featured Posts Source Type: blogs
Bioethics Advances Risk Management and Compliance Objectives in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
Join Christine Wilson and me on March 4, 2021 for the American Health Law Association Long Term Care and the Law annual conference. We will demonstrate how modest investments in bioethics resources (committees or clinical ethics consultants) ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 1, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
