of the human person from conception until natural death
In searching for the euphemistically-named End-of-Life Options Act, a link came up to a page in the MA state laws about palliative care. Here are some concerning excerpts from Massachusetts…
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…
Dr. David Kerr is a renowned oncologist at Oxford University and writes regularly for Medscape. He recently published Are You Honest When Patients Ask, “What Would You Do?” Given his…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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 