Tag: suffering

A professional physician in a white medical uniform talks to discuss results or symptoms and gives a recommendation to a male patient and signs a medical paper at an appointment visit in the clinic.

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 15, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, California, Canada, doctor-prescribed death, Doctors, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, Journal of Cutaneous Oncology, MAiD, medical aid in dying, national review, suffering, terminal illness, utilitarian bioethics, Wesley J. Smith}

Survey: MDs Support Expanding Assisted Suicide Beyond the Terminally Ill

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July 15, 2024

Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician

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The myth that legal assisted suicide is about terminal illness is becoming harder to swallow. Evidence can be found in a recent survey of doctors, published in the Journal of Cutaneous Oncology, which asked doctors this question: "In addition to adults with terminal illnesses, [which] other groups of patients who should be MAID eligible?" Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 8, 2024

Tagged
, assisted suicide, Disability, euthanasia, Governor General's Medal, Human Life Matters, Mark Davis Pickup, Mark Pickup, Monsignor Bill Irwin Award for Ethical Excellence, multiple sclerosis, suffering, U.S. National Right to Life Prayer Breakfast, Wesley J. Smith}

Mark Davis Pickup on Living with Intense Suffering and Experiencing a Miraculous Healing

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April 8, 2024

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We live in a time in which eliminating suffering is considered by many to be society’s ultimate purpose. Too often, this leads to policies that eliminate suffering by eliminating the sufferer. Still, for those not experiencing intense pain or anguish, arguing for improved care instead of increased access to assisted suicide or euthanasia can seem like a blithe platitude. “If Read More ›

Lonely sad elderly Senior person in wheelchair in nursing home looking out window. Generation AI

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 3, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Human Dignity
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted dying, assisted suicide, burden, Dementia, Disability, duty to die, elderly, euthanasia, health care, illness, infirmity, Matthew Parris, old age, suffering, terminally ill, Times of London, We Can't Afford a Taboo on Assisted Dying, Wesley J. Smith}

Normalizing Assisted Suicide Will Lead to a Duty to Die

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April 3, 2024

Euthanasia, Human Dignity, Suicide by Physician

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Euthanasia isn't really about compassion but fear of decline and a loathing of dependency — and of those experiencing them. That nasty truth has become abundantly clear with a new column published in the Times of London. Read More ›

An empty hospital bed with dying flowers.

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post

Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Euthanasia
Human Dignity
Suicide by Physician
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, cancer, Compassion and Choices, death activists, Disability, Doctors, elderly, end of life, euthanasia, healthcare, Hemlock Society, human dignity, intellectual disabilities, lethal injection, MAiD, medical aid in dying, medicalized killing, mental health support, mental illness, Netherlands, organ donation, organ harvesting, patients, PTSD, quality of life, suffering, suicide, suicide prevention, terminal illness, terminally ill, Trillium, Trillium Gift of Life Network, Wesley J. Smith}

Euthanasia Poisons People and Societies

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March 21, 2024

Euthanasia, Human Dignity, Suicide by Physician

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Most of the media report on euthanasia in the glowing, uncritical language of empowered patients "dying peacefully on their own terms." In contrast, euthanasia abuses and horror stories—an ever-growing list—generally receive little focused media attention and remain outside the notice of people not engaged with the issue. Read More ›