Tag: end-of-life

Man in prison hands of behind hold Steel cage jail bars. offender criminal locked in jail. filter dark vintage.

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 10, 2021
Patient Care}

Court Wrong to Okay Refusal of Life-Saving Medication to Prisoners

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 10, 2021
Patient Care}

This is outrageous. Kentucky denied a prisoner with hepatitis a life-saving drug that always works — because of the expense. Now, a court of appeals ruling finds that the move is constitutional. Read More ›

Hands of the old man and a young man on a white bed in a hospital.

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2021
Patient Care}

Computer Program Developed in Canada to Predict When Seniors Have 6 Months to Live

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2021
Patient Care}

As if we needed further evidence that medicine is growing increasingly impersonal, the Canadian Medical Association Journal has published a study that claims a computer program can predict when seniors have six months to live. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2021
Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician}

Florida Hospital Sues to End Ill Nurse’s Life

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 2, 2021
Euthanasia, Suicide by Physician}

“Futile care” — the forced removal by doctors and hospital bioethics committees of wanted life-extending treatment over patient and family objections — is, alas, still the law of Texas. And now a hospital in Florida has sued for the right to do the same thing to Genea Bristol, age 41. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
May 3, 2021
Bioethics}

Jahi McMath Was Not Brain Dead

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 3, 2021
Bioethics}

Readers may recall the sad case of Jahi McMath out of Oakland, Calif. In 2013, Jahi experienced a severe bleeding event after throat surgery and a subsequent cardiac arrest. She was successfully resuscitated, but her brain was catastrophically injured from loss of oxygen. Doctors at Oakland Children’s Hospital declared her brain dead and announced plans to remove Jahi from life support. Read More ›

Medical syringe in the doctor's hands on the patient's in room h

^{Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2020
Euthanasia}

The Euthanasia Cancer Spreads

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2020
Euthanasia}

The West is tearing itself apart. The symptoms are evident in our bitterly divided politics and the attempts to punish those with heterodox views. Read More ›

Older woman lying in hospital bed alone looking at the Christian crucifix asking for her healing.

^{Wesley J. Smith
October 21, 2020
Euthanasia}

Suicide by Starvation and Expanded Assisted Suicide Promoted in New England Journal of Medicine

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 21, 2020
Euthanasia}

The New England Journal of Medicine is a progressive menace when it comes to policy and cultural issues. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2020
Euthanasia, Human Exceptionalism}

The Deadly “Quality of Life” Ethic

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 6, 2020
Euthanasia, Human Exceptionalism}

Something evil happened recently in Austin. Michael Hickson, a forty-six-year-old African-American man with quadriplegia and a serious brain injury, was refused treatment at St. David’s Hospital South Austin while ill with COVID-19. Read More ›