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…
Category: Bioethics
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 