Below is the text of an article I wrote in support of aided dying, which first appeared in the Summer 2016 issue of Natural Transitions Magazine. As I make this post the Colorado End of Life Options Act is on my state’s ballot—a situation I’ve long awaited. This piece ranges wide and delves into aspects of support […]
The Medical White Wall of Silence Wraps Around the Clerical Collar
Today at a local Compassion & Choices chapter meeting we, refreshingly, heard from a Catholic Father who’s worked as a medical chaplain for many years, including at my local county hospital system. He supports Oregon-style physician aided death, as he prefers to call it—the kind of system intended to offer an option for the brutally […]