Euthanasia: Do We Really Want Doctors Who are Comfortable With Killing?
1 Many of these accounts are recorded as CASE IN POINT articles in editions of the PHA Monthly newsletter, https://www.prolifehealthcare.org/newsletters/ | 2 Schuklenk, U., Smalling, R., “Why medical professionals have no moral claim to conscientious objection accommodation in liberal democracies,” J Med Ethics, 2016; 43:234–240.
Thirsty? Too Bad
1 Smith, Wesley J., “Dehydration Nation,” The Human Life Review, Fall 2003, Vol. XXIX. No. 4. pp. 69-79. Persistent Vegetative State 1 McGowan, Kat, “Rediscovering Consciousness in People Diagnosed as ‘Vegetative’,” Discover magazine, 3/9/2011. | 2 Mappes, Thomas A., “Persistent Vegetative State, Prospective Thinking and Advance Directives,” Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, 2003; Vol. 13, No. 2: 119-139. | 3 Ibid 4 “High rate of misdiagnosis in patients in an acute vegetative state: New studies underline the importance of extreme caution in any decision to limit the life chances of patients during the acute phase of a vegetative state,” News Medical, 6/20/2007, http://www.news-medical.net/news/2007/06/20/26672.aspx | 5 British Medical Journal, 7/6/96
What About Pain Control?
1 Carlson, Cathy L., “Effectiveness of the World Health Organization cancer pain relief guidelines: an integrative review,” Journal of Pain Research, 2016; 9:515-534. https://www. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965221/ | 2 Dotinga, Randy, “Ventilator Relieves Lung Cancer Pain in Final Hours,” HealthDay News (http://health. usnews.com), 5/20/2008.
POLST
1 North Texas Respecting Choices Advance Care Planning Fact Sheet “Tube Feeding: What you should know,” http://www. northtexasrespectingchoices.com
Euthanasia Around the World
1 CBS Statistics Netherlands 5/24/2017, http://statline.cbs.nl/StatWeb/publication/?VW=T& DM=SLen&PA=81655ENG&LA=en | 2 Ireland, Nicole, “1,300 Canadians have died with medical assistance since legalization—here’s one man’s story,” CBC News, 4/20/2017, http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/medically-assisted-dyingcanadians-rob-rollins-1.4056700
Case in Point
3 https://hansard.parliament. uk/lords/2017-03-06/debates/D4662B1E-E4DA- 40BF-99F1-254F2E14D8FF/ AssistedDying
