PAIN CONTROL
MEDICAL ARTICLES
BIOETHICS
"The idea that people with disabilities are not worthy of society's acceptance or resources is not new. We see this form of hatred throughout history, often masked as benevolence. " ... Diane Coleman, J.D., Founder, Not Dead Yet, 1999
"A man, even if seriously sick or prevented in the exercise of
its higher functions, is and will be always a man ... [he] will
never become a 'vegetable' or an 'animal,'" the Pope said. "The
intrinsic value and personal dignity of every human being does
not change depending on their circumstances."
... Pope John Paul II, Lourdes, France, August, 2004.
"... the choice of a mentally competent, terminally ill person to choose to self-administer medications to bring about a peaceful death is not 'suicide,' nor is the prescribing of such medication by a physician 'assisted suicide.' " ... The American Public Health Association (Click here for article)
“This is pure politics, of course ... It isn’t medicine. And it isn’t health ... A “surreal world” is being entered, words mean nothing other than what we want them to at the moment, and this is changeable from moment to moment. Clocks run backwards. Up is down, and east is west. The moon is made of blue cheese, if that serves our purposes. And the basic institutions of society are being steadily corrupted.” ... Wesley Smith, bioethics specialist and lawyer, commenting on the American Public Health Association statement (Click here for article)
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