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September 6, 2020October 7, 2020

In Response: Medical Aid in Dying is a Show of Compassion

Responding to an article in the Duluth (Minnesota) News Tribune, Rev. Edward Holland and Rev. Harlan Limpert of Interfaith Clergy for End-of-Life Options voice their support for Medical Aid in Dying. (Continue reading ...)

July 5, 2020

When safeguards become roadblocks, Part 2

"When safeguards become roadblocks, Part 2" continues exploring FEN's eligibility criteria, looks at other impediments to MAID, and considers one minimal change that recently has been made to Oregon's law. (Continue reading ...)

August 25, 2019March 16, 2022

Death and the Atheist

Seth Andrews–The Thinking Atheist–discusses death and end-of-life issues from his perspective. (Continue reading ...)

July 21, 2019March 16, 2022

Why FEN should support the Disability Integration Act

You may not have heard of the Disability Integration Act of 2019, but it is worth the support of the Final Exit Network (FEN) and the individual support of all people who favor a self-controlled death (Continue reading ...)

June 23, 2019March 16, 2022

Anticipating and Deflecting the Worst Effects of Our End-of-Life Milieu

FEN members, more so than the citizenry at large, are dedicated to the goal of dying in peace. However, I suspect that FEN members, very much like most everyone else, may inadvertently misconstrue the meaning of the phrase “to die in peace” and what it may take to achieve given our society’s end-of-life milieu.… (Continue reading ...)

June 10, 2019March 16, 2022

Two Views, One Exit

Two participants, one an exit guide and one a friend, look at the same voluntary exit and report their experiences, emotions. (Continue reading ...)

April 28, 2019March 18, 2022

Words matter

Words matter. Medical aid in dying (MAID or MAiD) is the term now widely accepted in law and medicine to describe the practice of a physician prescribing medication to a terminally ill, mentally competent, adult patient who may choose to ingest it to end suffering they find unbearable, and achieve a peaceful death. It is accurate language which should be used. Other terminology such as physician aid in dying may also be used, but increasingly there is a preference for the term medical aid in dying. (Continue reading ...)

April 7, 2019March 16, 2022

Pain management at the end of life

End-of-life pain can be complex and not all such pain is easily or satisfactorily controlled. FEN member Craig Phillips shares his experiences with pain control while working as a volunteer in a hospice. (Continue reading ...)

November 5, 2018

Opposition to medical-assistance-in-dying–Part 3

In this third part of a series analyzing the arguments against medical-assistance-in-dying (MAID) by opponents of physician-assistance in hastening a person's death in the face of a terminal illness, Lamar Hankins looks at a major reference for most MAID opposition articles – a 2008 Michigan Law Review article, "Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon: A Medical Perspective," by psychiatrist Herbert Hendin and neurologist Kathleen Foley. Both oppose what they term "assisted suicide." (Continue reading ...)

October 28, 2018October 29, 2018

Opposition to medical-assistance-in-dying–Part 2

In Part 1 of this series, I addressed ten criticisms of MAID laws, particularly those in Oregon and Washington, though most such laws are modeled largely on Oregon's law. In Part 2, I look at criticisms of MAID laws concerning economic pressures, coercion, depression, inadequate resources for MAID clients, doctor shopping, inadequate Medicaid rules, ableism, and the failure of the drugs prescribed to MAID clients. My hope is that we can learn from opponents of MAID laws how to make the laws better. (Continue reading ...)

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