Over the summer, I discovered the blog of the brilliant Candice Aiston, a lawyer out of Portland, Oregon who works in the area of estate planning. My favourite post of hers so far, by far, is her essay on planning for the unexpected. As Candice notes, asking whether...
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How far would you go for a DNR?
I came across this article the other day, about a woman in Norfolk, England who had "Do Not Resuscitate" tattooed on her chest so that doctors would make no mistake about her intentions should she be found unconscious. And, just in case she is found face down, she...
Court-ordered life?
A few weeks ago, I blogged about Hassan Rasouli, a mechanical engineer in Toronto who fell into a coma after contracting bacterial meningitis during surgery to remove a brain tumour. His wife, Parichehr Salasel, ended up in a long dispute with his doctors, who wanted...
Court-ordered death
In October 2010, Hassan Rasouli, a mechanical engineer living in Toronto, fell into a coma after contracting bacterial meningitis during surgery to remove a brain tumour. His doctors came to the conclusion that he was in a persistent vegetative state, and recommended...
Everything old should maybe not be new again
I read this article from the Daily Mail a little while ago, about Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in Grease. Jeff was found in his home in early May in a coma brought on by a suspected drug overdose. Doctors had informed his family that he had suffered brain death...