A Bioethical Division of International Life Services, Inc.
By Germaine Wensley RN A recently developed protocol, futile care, may directly impact your life by posing a threat to your patient autonomy. Let me explain why. When patients enter a medical facility, they usually expect that they or their surrogate will have … Continued
by Father Tad Pacholczyk Director of Education The National Catholic Bioethics Center It seems odd, even a bit repulsive, when we encounter tales of elderly men running after women who are young enough to be their granddaughters. The wheelchair-bound … Continued
An Introduction by Molly Grace Israel, RN, BSN, President of Scholl Institute of Bioethics According to Webster, suffering means “the bearing of pain, distress, etc.” Seldom do we hear in our society that suffering is a blessing, instead it is something to … Continued
HMOs make lots of dough when medical care is denied the poor. To make their profits really high, they’ll offer assisted suicide! This and many other chants resounded around the Capitol in 1999 as over 100 demonstrators, many with disabilities from the organization … Continued
“Healing a person does not always mean curing a disease.” These words of hospice founder, Dr. Cicely Saunders, form the foundation for the hospice concept. Beginning in Great Britain in the 1960s, the modern hospice movement has grown enormously over the last two decades. Today, approximately 2,800 hospices exist … Continued
