Washington State reported its first assisted suicide this week. A 66 year old pancreatic cancer sufferer took advantage of the state's new Death with Dignity law; Sandi Doughton reports for the Seattle Times. Read the article.
in the News: May 2009 Archives
The New York Times reported on a group of cutthroat card players in a Laguna Woods, CA retirement community that are putting their sharp minds to work. The best of them exhibiting no dementia loss. Is there a correlation between competitive bridge and mental acuity? Read the article.
I wrote my sister, Kathleen:
Sometime recently didn't the subject of assisted suicide come up? Or was I telling you of the recent LA Times story, see below. Anyway, put that new iPhone to good use and check out Philosophy Bites, podcasts of top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics. They did a beautiful 13min show on assisted dying; I can't stop thinking about it.
Then last week, the LA Times did a piece on assisted suicide in Washington State. Written from the perspective of the grown children caring for their father in his final days, they describe rural doctors that are unwilling to write prescriptions for those suffering terminal illnesses, even though it's legal to do so. These doctors are concerned about acting "against their conscience". Meanwhile Stephen Wallace, a pancreatic cancer sufferer, dies in agony.
Sometime recently didn't the subject of assisted suicide come up? Or was I telling you of the recent LA Times story, see below. Anyway, put that new iPhone to good use and check out Philosophy Bites, podcasts of top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics. They did a beautiful 13min show on assisted dying; I can't stop thinking about it.
Then last week, the LA Times did a piece on assisted suicide in Washington State. Written from the perspective of the grown children caring for their father in his final days, they describe rural doctors that are unwilling to write prescriptions for those suffering terminal illnesses, even though it's legal to do so. These doctors are concerned about acting "against their conscience". Meanwhile Stephen Wallace, a pancreatic cancer sufferer, dies in agony.
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