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By Wesley j. Smith Imagine you are in a hospital or nursing home with a brain injury. Doctors say you are “not there,” but you are. And you hear doctors tell your family to stop giving you food and water! Imagine what that would feel like. And imagine the suffering...
By Alex Schadenberg, executive director Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Liverpool Pathway is a guideline in the UK that doctors follow to ensure that people who are nearing death receive good pain and symptom management. There have been several studies and many...
By Wesley Smith Patients are not individuals in centralized healthcare systems. Rather, they become members of checklist categories on bureaucratic check lists. How else explain doctors putting nearly one-half of patients on the Liverpool Care Pathway...
By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and CEO of Christian Medical Fellowship, a UK-based organization with 4,500 UK doctors and 1,000 medical students as member. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is an editorial in...
By Wesley J. Smith There has been some media buzz about a new test that appears to show some patients, previously diagnosed as unaware (persistent vegetative state), can actually perceive. From the New Scientist story: “[Adrian] Owen and his team used an EEG on 16...
By Dave Andrusko Yesterday, after I thought about this the first time, the second time, and the third time, my plan was to systematically debunk a piece that had run in the British publication, the Mail. But by the time I got to reflection #4, I realized that “How I...
By Wesley J. Smith Editor’s note. The following appears on Wesley’s terrific blog. There are two aspects of care in a hospital; medical treatment and what is sometimes called humane care. The latter includes orally supplied food, water (for those who can partake),...