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The Rom Houben Tragedy And The Case For Active Euthanasia

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terri Schiavo, Rom Houben, Law, Culture Wars, Hoax, Liberals, Belgium, Civil Rights, James Randi, Euthanasia, Religion, Politics, Human Rights, Conservatives, Dalton Trumbo, Right to Die, Health, Coma, Ethics, Arthur Caplan, Morality, Technology, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Medicine, Bioethics, Torture, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

If one believes that the prevention of suffering may sometimes justify the withdrawal or withholding of care, then the very fact that Houben was conscious for twenty-three years might call more convincingly for such action.

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Ten Inevitable Tragic Consequences of National Health Care

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Sterilization, Peter-Breggin, Public Option, Rationing Health Care, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Euthanasia, Health Care, Politics News
Dr. Peter Breggin

With the looming probability of a "public option" as a prelude to full-blown national health care, it's important examine the most threatening and eve...

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"Mercy Killing": When Love & Law Conflict

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Medical Ethics, Jim Fish, Politics, Montana, Right to Die, Crime, Assisted Suicide, Jack Kevorkian, Washington, Oregon, Paul Weinstein, Euthanasia, Bioethics, Health Care, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

The blame in two murder cases rests squarely with a society that forces devoted husbands and wives to choose between the welfare of their spouses and the letter of the law.

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The Truth About End of Life Care

Jeanette Aileen Fuller | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Death Care, End of Life Consultations, Palin Death Panels, End of Life Care, Mike Huckabee, Death Panels, Health Care Reform, Euthanasia, End of Life, Health Care, Healthcare, Death Panel, Living News
Jeanette Aileen Fuller

So much has been said by those who claim to understand what "end of life care" means, and all of it has little if any root in truth. So, I will give you my personal experience with "end of life counseling."

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Newsweek: Why The GOP Is Gunning For Grandma

newsweek.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kill Granny, Health Care Debate, Boehner, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Health Bill, Democratic Health Care Reform, Euthanasia, Grassley, Politics News

The republicans charge that Democratic health care reform would, in Sen. Charles Grassley's words, "pull the plug on Grandma." According to Sen. Jon K...

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Record Casts New Light On Doctors, Nurses Involved In Katrina Hospital Deaths

ProPublica | Sheri Fink | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Tenet, New Orleans, Louisiana, Memorial Hospital, Memorial Hospital and Katrina, Morphine, Katrina Anniversary, Dr. Anna Pou, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Uptown New Orleans, Lifecare, Memorial Medical Center, Euthanasia, Health Care, Memorial Hostpiatl and Hurricane Katrina, Home News

The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel's wooden doors. Inside, more than a dozen bodie...

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Sarah Palin: The Britney Spears of Politics

Mira Veda | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Britney Spears, Euthanasia, Death Panels, Health Care, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Mira Veda

Palin's ability to rile the public and the media because of her sexuality is fascinating to me.

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Lies and Damned Lies

Kay Hanley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Town Halls, Yelling, Health Insurance, Euthanasia, Town Hall Meetings, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Kay Hanley

When was the last time Rush Limbaugh quit smoking cigars, ran a marathon and ate nothing but fish? Oh, wait. He doesn't need to. He's rich and has health insurance he's not in danger of losing.

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Stop Using People with Disabilities as the Poster Children for the Republican Attack on Healthcare

Lennard Davis | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: People-With-Disabilities, End of Life Care, Sen. Grassley, Death Panels, Sarah Palin, Disability, Healthcare Reform, Euthanasia, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Lennard Davis

This rhetorical concern for the disabled is fascinating coming from the right, which has routinely worked against extending accommodations for them under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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AP Fact Check: No 'Death Panel' In Health Care Bill

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Obama Health Care, Palin, Sarah Palin, Death Panels, Palin Obama Death Panel, Palin Death Panels, Euthanasia, Palin Health Care, Medicare, Earl Blumenauer, Aarp, End of Life Care, End of Life, American Medical Association, Ama, Health Action, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a "death panel." Federal ...

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Ezra Klein: Is The Government Going To Euthanize Your Grandmother?

Ezra Klein | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Sarah Palin Death Panels, Sen. Johnny Isakson, Ezra Klein, "Kill Granny", Sarah Palin, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Euthanasia, "Death Panels", Politics News

Sarah Palin's belief that the House health-care reform bill would create "death panels" might be particularly extreme, but she's hardly the only perso...

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Sarah Palin Was Right! Exclusive Death Panel Footage!

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Down Syndrome, Public Option, Palin-Death-Panels, Trig Palin Down Syndrome, Death Panels, Satire, Sarah Palin, Political Satire, Palin Obama Death Panel, Euthanasia, Health Care, Comedy, Barack Obama, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

Why didn't we listen?!? We have obtained footage of Barack Obama's Death Panel passing subjective judgment on Sarah Palin's parents and child. I warn you, the footage is shocking.

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GOP's 'Kill Granny' Media Campaign Alarms Seniors

msn.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Kill Granny, Obama, Senior Citizens, Euthanasia, Health Care, Republicans Health Care Campaign, President Obama, Politics News

A campaign on conservative talk radio, fueled by President Obama's calls to control exorbitant medical bills, has sparked fear among senior citizens t...

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A "Supreme Court" for Bioethics?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Medical Ethics, Abortion, Supreme Court, Politics, Philosophy, Health, Ethics, Obama Administration, Technology, Euthanasia, Sperm, Bioethics, Health Care, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

The recent decision by President Obama to disband his predecessor's Council on Bioethics raises important questions regarding the role of professional bioethicists in contemporary society.

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The Coming Ethical Crisis: Oxygen Rationing

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Ethics, Pandemic Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Health Care Rationing, Triage, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Health Care Reform, Euthanasia, Bioethics, Health Care, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

One of the questions that will face our society when a future pandemic proves more deadly is how our public health authorities ought to allocate ventilators.

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Texas Meets a Death Penalty it Dislikes

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Penalty, Texas, Lethal Injection, Euthanasia, Sleep, Sharon Keller, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

There is no state in the United States that has proved itself a better friend to the death penalty. It has executed 431 people since the death penalty regained respectability in 1976.

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Vatican Condemns Italy's Decision In Right-To-Die Case

ANSA.it | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Catholic Church, Euthanasia, Italy, Eluana Englaro, The Vatican, Right-to-Die Case, Beppino Englaro, Pope, World News

A woman who has been in a vegetative state for 17 years has been moved to a clinic here where her feeding tube will be removed in accordance with an I...

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Biden in the Doghouse

Cheri Shankar | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Joe Biden, Cruelty to Animals, Puppy Mills, Euthanasia, Overpopulation, Dog Breeders, Animal Cruelty, Joe Biden Puppy, Animal Rights, Pet Adoption, Dog Shelter, Shelter Dogs, Dog Adoptions, Living News
Cheri Shankar

While the news of Biden and his new cute-as-all-get-out purebred German Shepherd puppy is generating lots of positive reports, many of us in the animal community are concerned.

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The Miracle Vet

Diane Ravitch | Posted 12.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Animals, Living, Dogs, Lymphoma, Terrier, Vetenary, Veteranarian, Euthanized, Euthanasia, Living News
Diane Ravitch

Fifteen months ago, my dog, Molly, a 10-year-old Tibetan terrier, had been diagnosed with lymphoma. Today, thanks to Dr. J.J. Wen, Molly is still with me. She is not only alive, but alert, happy, and playful.

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Confidence Saved the Cat

Richard C. Thompson | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Animals, Rescue, Euthanized, Animal Rescue, Cats, Euthanasia, Animal Shelter, Living News
Richard C. Thompson

We all love cute little puppies and kittens. But we have to think about what's going to happen to them when they grow up. It's our responsibility to spay and neuter our pets.

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A Case For Euthanasia

Time | Bruce Crumley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Euthanasia, Euthanasia France, Chantal Sebire, Euthanasia Sarkozy, Living News

Chantal Sebire knows she's forcing people to make an agonizing decision, but agony is something she knows far too much about. The 52- year-old Dijon s...

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