Posts Tagged ‘bioethics’
The Kevorkian Generation
9, Jun 2011Life After Kevorkian He fought for the right to assisted suicide. Now what should we do with it? William Saletan, Slate (June 3, 2011) I am a member of the Kevorkian generation. Those of us in our mid-to-late thirties and onwards into our forties are usually called Generation X (for those who still remember the [...]
Suicide Tourism
18, Mar 2011The Suicide Tourist Frontline (March 22, 2011) On March 22, 2011, Frontline will re-broadcast its brilliant documentary The Suicide Tourist. This is an exceptionally well done documentary (even for Frontline) and it captures the end of one man’s life, Craig Ewert, with an unflinching gaze. I watched it last year. Unfortunately, the website version of [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, death with dignity, Dignitas, video
Donating Dead Bodies to Save Money
20, Feb 2011Donating Body Can Save Families Money Dan McFeely, The Indianapolis Star (February 08, 2011) A short post on a perennial topic for the Death Reference Desk: how the dead body is transformed into some kind of cash value. Rarely, if ever, does this postmortem value involve direct cash exchanges, mostly because the law frowns upon [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Economy|Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: bioethics, funerals, medicine
Discussing End-of-Life with Jane Brody
21, Jan 2011Personal Health: Keep Your Voice, Even at the End of Life Jane E. Brody, The New York Times (January 18, 2011) Here is a quick follow-on article to the recent post on End-of-Life discussions in the American medical system. Jane Brody, of the New York Times, has been writing for some time about the importance [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, death with dignity
Brain$…Brain$…Brain$
16, Jan 2011Donate Your Brain, Save a Buck Gary Stix, Scientific American (January 4, 2011) Hard times are making tissue donation more appealing The Great Recession changed the way many people live—and its repercussions appear to be altering how some people choose to die. At least two prominent tissue banks have seen an increase in the number [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Technology|Death + the Economy
- Tags: bioethics, funerals