First, Do No Harm-Part 3
In Part 3 of my appearance with Dr. Mark Rollo, I discuss the problems with MOLST. I continue to hear from people how this form is dangerously misunderstood and misused.…
Category: Bioethics
Airing Sunday on WQPH
Dr. Mark Rollo has an outstanding radio program on medical ethics that airs every Sunday on WQPH. I had the great honor and pleasure of appearing with him to discuss…
Radio Show April 30th
Hear what the series is all about! with guest Msgr. Peter Beaulieu Friday, April 30th, at 2:30 pm (following Bishop McManus) 1230AM ~ 970AM ~ 101.1FM Msgr. Beaulieu and I…
Harvard Humanists and Catholic Teaching
One pleasant surprise at the Harvard Medical School annual bioethics conference, this year on prescribed suicide, was the discussion between doctors Lachlann Forrow and Tim Quill. Originally this segment was…
Autonomy, Except for Religious Reasons
In Australia, a judge has ordered that a pregnant teenage who is a Jehovah’s Witness receive a blood transfusion should she need one when being induced to deliver her baby.…
Advance Directives as a Road to Euthanasia
Italy recently passed a law permitting citizens to create living wills, a type of advance directive, with differing perspectives reported in the New York Times and The Tablet. The law…
Jerome Lejeune and End-of-Life Care
In 1969, Jerome Lejeune became the 5th recipient of the William Allan Award of the American Society of Human Genetics, the highest honor a scientist can receive in the field of genetics. He…
Doctors Confused by DNR Orders
DNR orders are often misinterpreted by healthcare professionals to mean comfort care only instead of full care. Read the full post here. Doctor-prescribed suicide would lead to even more care…
Nature and dignity 