Category Archives: palliative care

NDY’s John Kelly Among Those Featured in Boston Globe Article on Assisted Suicide

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Boston Globe photo caption and credit: Disability-rights advocate John Kelly, director of Second Thoughts Massachusetts, at his Fenway apartment. The group opposes what it calls “assisted suicide.” Barry Chin/Globe Staff Voices from the ‘right to die’ debate By Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2022, 5:20 p.m. In anticipation of the upcoming reintroduction of an assisted … Continue reading NDY’s John Kelly Among Those Featured in Boston Globe Article on Assisted Suicide →

NDLA Organizers Forum: Chronic Pain, Opioids, and Disability

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NDLA ORGANIZERS FORUM: Chronic Pain, Opioids, and Disability TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018 1-2 pm Eastern time, 12-1 Central time, 11-12 Mountain time, 10-11 am Pacific time Call-in: 1-515-739-1285 Passcode: 521847# To join through your computer, go to: https://www.freeconferencecall.com/wall/organizersforum Chronic pain is a major issue for many disabled folks. In light of recent efforts to curb opioid abuse … Continue reading NDLA Organizers Forum: Chronic Pain, Opioids, and Disability →

John Kelly’s Letter Published in New Jersey Star Ledger

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In response to a recent New Jersey editorial in favor of legalizing assisted suicide, John Kelly sent a letter which was just published in the Star Ledger under the title “Increased palliative care a better alternative to assisted suicide.”  He provided some useful data on the prevalence of medical misdiagnosis and its harm to patients. … Continue reading John Kelly’s Letter Published in New Jersey Star Ledger →

NDY Challenges NYS Medicaid Proposal to Save Money By Steering People to Choose Death Over Living With Disability

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Not Dead Yet, the Center for Disability Rights, and 11 other NY based disability organizations, submitted public comments on the New York State Medicaid Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program (DSRIP) on May 28, 2014, alleging that one of the proposed projects would fund Medicaid providers to save money by steering people to choose death over … Continue reading NDY Challenges NYS Medicaid Proposal to Save Money By Steering People to Choose Death Over Living With Disability →

Pallimed Blogger Doc Not Happy with Organ Procurement Proposals

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Christian Sinclair, a palliative care and hospice physician who writes on the Pallimed blog, caught the NPR story on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) meeting earlier this week to issue new sweeping rules on “Donation after Cardiac Death.” Good news, for now, BTW.  We have been informed that the … Continue reading Pallimed Blogger Doc Not Happy with Organ Procurement Proposals →