Severing Our Roots
The Little Fool by Karen Swenholt. Image by Ian Riley Photography.
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
A couple of years ago, I was encouraged to meet a figurative artist (sculptress, in this case). So I drove many hours to meet Karen Swenholt, and the drive was worth it. One of her pieces is pictured above. It is a metaphor that resonates with many of us: the man feels rooted, bound to the earth, or his circumstances, etc., and yearns to be free. So he takes an instrument into his hand — a knife — to free himself from his hateful condition, not ...read more
Physician-Assisted Suicide: NOT Exactly What Its Proponents Advertise It To Be
This Australian stamp was issued in celebration of the General Assembly of World Medical Associations almost 50 years ago. At that time, the hypodermic syringe was a symbol of cure. Now, the picture of gloved hands administering an injection can represent something much more menacing.
D. Joy Riley, M.D., M.A.
The topic of physician-assisted suicide (P-AS) is a persistent one, especially when people are in pain or are worried about impending death. We need to think deeply and well about this issue. To help, the Tennessee Center for Bioethics & Culture is addressing P-AS from a different perspective for the second time in as many ...read more
UK locked-in patient may set dangerous euthanasia precedent — MercatorNet
By Peter Saunders
13 March 2012
http://www.mercatornet.com/careful/view/10440
Transplantation of lungs: recovered from donors after euthanasia — openPR
http://www.openpr.com/news/178737/Transplantation-of-lungs-recovered-from-donors-after-euthanasia.html
Canadian boy moved to US over end-of-life dispute –stltoday.com
http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/article_d3a8ce5e-42e9-5f83-9c23-2b7eabb27e5b.html
Oregon: Death with Dignity Act Annual Reports
http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/pas/ar-index.shtml
Margo MacDonald’s End of Life Assistance Bill rejected — BBC News Scotland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11876821
A dying man explains why euthanasia is so dangerous — heraldsun.com.au
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/a_dying_man_explains_why_ethanasia_is_so_dangerous
Alzheimer’s Disease
http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2010/april/041210memoryloss-emotion.html