by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Nov 22, 2013 | News
A recent Pew Research Center survey provides a glimpse into changing perceptions on end-of-life issues in the U.S. In 2013, 66 percent of U.S. adults agreed that there were circumstances in which a patient should be allowed to die while 31 percent said medical...
by Christopher Church | Apr 17, 2006 | Opinion
Most likely, Karen Ann Quinlin, Nancy Cruzan and Terri Schiavo assumed they would survive their parents and never gave sustained thought to the alternative. Yet after 22-year-old Quinlin fell into a “permanent coma;” after 24-year-old Cruzan was involved...
by Christopher Church | Apr 11, 2006 | Opinion
Do you remember having that talk with your parents, that uncomfortable talk about our shared biology? Have you had that awkward talk with your own child, that halting communication that acknowledges a coming of age? You know that talk, the one that renders normally...
by Linda Lewis | May 9, 2005 | Opinion
The tragic circumstances surrounding Terri Schiavo have produced much conversation about the sanctity of life. Politicians, protestors, and legislators used religious language in their arguments to save Terri. In spite of the fact that the tubes and fluids were...
by Bob Allen | May 9, 2005 | News
The Florida judge who presided over the Terri Schiavo case received a special award from a local legal association Thursday, prompting more controversy in a legal battle that brought him national attention and criticism from the religious right. The West Pasco Bar...
