Dana Cody Imagine your child undergoes surgery and never regains consciousness. Imagine that just before surgery, your child told you “I’m scared, Mommy. I’m afraid I will never wake up.” Jahi McMath’s mother, Nailah Winkfield, lives with that statement echoing in her head every day. She wishes she had listened to her daughter when Jahi […]
(click here to read Part I) “Don’t ‘dump’ patients …” In Marin County, most Medi-Cal patients receive their primary care through an organization known as Marin Community Clinic (MCC). While MCC is not the only primary care provider in the county, it is by far the largest. As in most managed health care systems, a
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Wesley J. Smith There is more than one way to skin a cat, the old politically incorrect saying goes. There is also more than one way to euthanize a patient. In England, there is concern that a legitimate pain controlling treatment—known as palliative sedation—is being used inappropriately under what is known as the Liverpool Care
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This year marks six years since the tragic and untimely death of Terri Schindler Schiavo by dehydration and starvation at the hands of her husband. Life Legal Defense Foundation’s Board of Directors and staff want to honor Terri’s memory by once again remembering Terri on the anniversary of her death, March 31. We will never
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Anne Starr A 49-year-old California man is in danger of dying by starvation because he is not a useful member of society. Robert Wendland, who lives in Lodi, is brain-damaged as the result of a vehicle accident in 1993. He cannot speak, feed himself or control his bowels. His doctors say he will never resume
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