Lamar Hankins

January 28, 2024January 25, 2024

Having Dementia Wishes Followed

"Whose wishes for his medical treatment were we to honor? Those of my father back when he was a healthy, highly functioning geneticist? Or those of the simpler, weakened man my father had become?" (Continue reading ...)

May 8, 2023May 12, 2023

The Original Vision For FEN’s Blog

Final Exit Network's blog has had over 105,000 views since its inception. (Continue reading ...)

May 22, 2022May 19, 2022

Reflecting On My Friend’s Gunshot Suicide

An iconic philosopher rationalized suicide long before it became a contemporary academic concept. (Continue reading ...)

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021

Pets vs. Humans: A Difference In Compassion, And In Knowing What The Patient Desires

It’s a pillar of the RTD movement, that we treat our suffering pets more humanely than suffering friends and family members. “Let me die like a dog” has long been a call to compassion. The author went through the agonizing decision to “put down” a beloved canine companion, and he regrets not knowing what “Woody” would have wanted. (Continue reading ...)

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021

The Highest Good

What is the highest good and who decides? Here are some reflections on that question from Lamar Hankins. (Continue reading ...)

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021

VSED misunderstanding abounds: A response to Wesley J. Smith

Lamar Hankins provides a point-by-point rebuttal to Wesley J. Smith's attack on VSED. (Continue reading ...)

November 15, 2020November 22, 2020

Disability, ableism, and the right to die

Lamar Hankins, who was partly disabled for much of his adult life and whose father was severely disabled before dying from complications of Alzheimer's, shares why he supports the right to die even for the disabled. (Continue reading ...)

November 1, 2020November 3, 2020

Rethinking the importance of MAID laws

The creator of The Good Death Society Blog shares his new perspective on Medical Aid in Dying. (Continue reading ...)

July 26, 2020March 18, 2022

Transition–an end and a new beginning

This blog post represents the end of three years of work for me. In August, responsibility for the blog is being transferred to the capable hands of FEN board member Kevin Bradley. (Continue reading ...)

July 19, 2020

The right to die and the right to live

Hiding in the shadows behind all of our end-of-life (EOL) discussions about the desire to maintain an acceptable quality of life is the issue of adequate health care, which is basic to a right to live. Many of us believe that there can be no "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" without a right to adequate medical care. (Continue reading ...)

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