Euthanasia, Physician-assisted Suicide and Our Aged and Frail Populatio

Euthanasia, Physician-assisted Suicide and Our Aged and Frail cosmosIs the attitude of Americans toward the old and frail evolving into the attitude indicated in the following incident? In Indiana, a nurse suspected of killing as umpteen as 100 nation is on trial run, charged in the deaths of cardinal elderly patients. Orville Lynn study Jr., 38, began serving as a licensed serviceable nurse in a Clinton, Indiana hospital in 1993 months later, other nurses observed an abnormally high death rate in the hospitals intensive care unit whenever Majors was on duty. On one occasion Majors was found, syringe in hand, at the bedside of a woman who had died by luck the patient had been scheduled for discharge the next day, and an autopsy suggested that an injection of honey oil caused her death. Autopsies on other patients uncovered enough indorse to go to trial in seven cases. A statistical study showed there was a patient death in the ICU every 23 hours when Majors was on duty, but every 552 hours when he was not however, statistical evidence was barred from the trial. Reportedly Majors had overly told others that he thinks elderly people are a waste New York Times, 8/31. Numerous US studies get established that the Americans most directly affected by the issue of physician-assisted self-annihilation -- those who are frail, elderly and suffering from terminal illness -- are also more opposed to legalizing the practice than others are * A poll conducted for the cap Post on March 22-26, 1996, found 50% support for legalizing physician-assisted self-destruction (Washington A18) Voters senior 35-44 supported legalization, 57% to 33%. But these figures reversed for voters aged 65 and older, who opposed legalization 54% to 38%. Majorit... ...l.. Euthanasia and physician-assisted felo-de-se attitudes and experiences of oncology patients, oncologists, and the public. 347 The Lancet 1805 (June 29, 1996)1809 Humphry, Derek. Whats in a word? Euthanasia Rese arch & focussing Organization 1993, Table 1-A. Koenig, Dr. Harold et al.. Attitudes of Elderly Patients and their Families Toward Physician-Assisted Suicide. 156 Archives of Internal Medicine 2240 (Oct. 28, 1996) lee side v. Oregon, 891 F.Supp. 1429 (D. Or. 1995), vacated on other grounds, 107 F.3d 1382 (9th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 118 S. Ct. 328 (1997). Poll Shows More Would Support Law exploitation Gentler Language, TimeLines (Jan.-Feb. 1994)9 Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S. Ct. 2258, 2262 n. 7 (1997. -- -- --. 117 S. Ct. at 2272, quoting United States v. Rutherford, 442 U.S. 544, 558. 1979. Washington Post, April 4, 1996.