tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post2888466903258663645..comments2024-03-22T17:05:55.267-04:00Comments on MD Whistleblower: Physician-assisted Suicide: Constitutional Right or Just Plain Wrong?Michael Kirsch, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-80779923121079378272010-07-14T13:21:30.876-04:002010-07-14T13:21:30.876-04:00Well I think that if a person is only alive becaus...Well I think that if a person is only alive because of a machine or is in extremely amount of pain in bed maybe dead is not a bad option.buy viagrahttp://www.safemeds.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-3377452592327564312010-01-07T21:40:50.315-05:002010-01-07T21:40:50.315-05:00John, thanks for the link. You run an engaging rad...John, thanks for the link. You run an engaging radio show!Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-70549203248693843852010-01-07T21:14:56.744-05:002010-01-07T21:14:56.744-05:00FYI...might be interested in the radio show I did ...FYI...might be interested in the radio show I did recently re: Dr.-Assisted Self-Murder in Montana;comments welcome.<br /><br />http://www.iotconline.com/radio/aview/TAV%20DrAsstMurder_Jan7.mp3<br /><br /> John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com <br /><br />Communications Director, Institute on the Constitution<br /><br /> Host, “TheAmericanView” radio show<br /><br /> Recovering Republican<br /><br /> JLof@aol.comJohn Lofton, Recovering Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687524008871521220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-85827178226177799352010-01-01T09:09:51.355-05:002010-01-01T09:09:51.355-05:00Here's the latest on this issue. http://bit.ly...Here's the latest on this issue. http://bit.ly/5l9uNqMichael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-27376911353172963402009-10-11T02:19:41.978-04:002009-10-11T02:19:41.978-04:00Maybe the person just states they are donating org...Maybe the person just states they are donating organs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-73438788068199715242009-09-29T15:40:08.003-04:002009-09-29T15:40:08.003-04:00physician assisted suicide is an oxymoron. It'...physician assisted suicide is an oxymoron. It's BS that phrase! Suicide means death caused by the actions of yourself! Anything else is a heady blend of murder and sucide. <br /><br />A free market for drugs would solve all this... unless the person was like paralyzed or something...<br /><br />In that case, you're screwed.<br /><br />If you merely can't talk, but you can still walk, there is the nearest tall building.<br /><br />I don't think the blog author has an accurate view of how respected his profession is... there is very little left for your profession to compromise...<br /><br />Your profession was instrumental in the holocaust, forced sterilization of those with psychiatric labels, continues to this day to support forced drugging and forced electroshock, continues to perform psychosurgery, continues to perform late term abortions, <br /><br /><br />I fear doctors as much as I fear getting sick.<br /><br />But the government is the most fearful thing of them all.<br /><br />I long for a day when I can buy all drugs freely, and contract with an expert for advice, and hire a surgeon if need be too.Link to Washington Post story about how cool doctors arehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/12/AR2007091202681.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-34544408156094268652009-09-10T16:27:29.502-04:002009-09-10T16:27:29.502-04:00There is a lawsuit underway over the death of Greg...There is a lawsuit underway over the death of Gregory Jacobs at Hamot Medical Center. The teenager was killed by organ removal in 2007. Here is an excerpt from the suit:<br /><br />42. Mark Hogue, Psy.D. met with Gregory’s father on March 10, 2007, and discussed Gregory’s prognosis, “brain death” protocols, and “end of life issues.”<br />43. Dr. Hogue stated that it would be “better” for Gregory to die rather than survive with the injuries he had sustained. He informed the parents that he interacts with numerous brain injury survivors, who, though they cannot talk, communicate that they wanted to be dead.<br /><br /><br />This is one to watch...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-82053772073860275232009-09-09T16:02:39.170-04:002009-09-09T16:02:39.170-04:00Thanks, Steve, for the posting. I'll concede ...Thanks, Steve, for the posting. I'll concede that the medical profession may not reach a state of purity, but we must aspire to do so. Falling short of this goal, however, is quite different than deliberately abandoning it. Medical ethics must resist forces that aim to use it as a tool to justify their beliefs and practices. I invite readers to visit Steve's blog (http://notdeadyetnewscommentary.blogspot.com/)where his point of view on this issue is thoughtfully presented.Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-38725304393112854502009-09-09T15:02:24.780-04:002009-09-09T15:02:24.780-04:00Thanks - I've posted an excerpt and a link to ...Thanks - I've posted an excerpt and a link to your post on my blog, suggesting that my visitors read it in its entirety.<br /><br />One quibble - I'm not sure that medicine's mission has ever been "pure" - or at least there probably hasn't been a time when a significant minority have held some strong feelings on what lives are worthwhile - and what ones aren't. Some of those have acted on those feelings - with or without the permission or request of the individual.<br /><br />http://www.notdeadyetnewscommentary.blogspot.comStephen Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923726151589524620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-59722170098929045812009-09-08T15:58:10.073-04:002009-09-08T15:58:10.073-04:00http://www.survivinghospitals.com/http://www.survivinghospitals.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-1135350339616500342009-09-08T12:20:30.554-04:002009-09-08T12:20:30.554-04:00Legal is moral is ethical. There is absolutely no ...Legal is moral is ethical. There is absolutely no distinction among them. Intentionally separating them by degrees is what has caused all the problems and greased all the slopes. The way it is now is that legal is for public interest (an insidious creature that changes all the time depending on lobbyists), moral is for religions (tools of CULT-ivation) and ethics is for business (sell people what they say they want and make them responsible for it). These sub-categories need to be joined up as "fair play" one to another.<br /><br />As far as right to die is concerned, we already have a right to die. It happens sooner or later to everyone. Studies show that most people don't want to hasten their deaths. Death is a process and there are plenty of painkillers. I think this lawsuit is a load of tosh designed to usher in the murder of languishing patients and free up beds etc. Remember that cases are chosen like articles in a newspaper. It's the public interest thing I mentioned above.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-20331754847144197812009-09-08T12:13:48.816-04:002009-09-08T12:13:48.816-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com