MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'exit'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107731&cid=t_113517_123_f&fid=39036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpediatricinc.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F07%2Fexit-interviews-before-they-exit%2F Exit interviews are done when an employee is leaving the organization. The intent of the interview is for the employer to gather data for improving working conditions and retaining employees. Theoretically, I understand why one would want to do exit interview. But I don’t understand why one would wait until the employee is leaving to ask their opinion. Seems to me that at that point, it is too late. Asking employees exit interview type questions while employees are working at your practice can also be a good tool to gather employees’ feedback on their work experience in and effort to improve working conditions and retain employees. Examples of exit interview type questions that can help one get a sense of how employee perceive working at your practice. For example: What is most satisfy... Pediatric Inc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107731 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:46:28 +0100 5107731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4853097&cid=t_113517_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fnot-with-bang-but-whimper.html (Source: Graphictruth) Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4853097 Sat, 21 May 2011 17:32:00 +0100 4853097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789208&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWBu8A6aiGns%2F By Justin LoganAP Photo/David Guttenfelder There are not going to be many better opportunities to change course in Afghanistan than the one presented by the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. It may be worth highlighting how ripe an opportunity this is: The politics on the Hill are changing. It probably comes as no surprise that Reps. Walter Jones (R-NC) and Jim McGovern (D-MA) would like to end the Afghanistan war, but their “Afghanistan Exit and Accountability Act” has brought on co-sponsors like Tea Party stalwarts Reps. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Justin Amash (R-MI). This means that in the days and weeks to come, there will be Republicans on television and radio making the case for withdrawal. That could have a profound effect on where the debate goes from here. On t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789208 Thu, 05 May 2011 18:12:45 +0100 4789208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642572&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8JIumpKo5F8%2F By Christopher PrebleThere is ample recent evidence that the president has some difficulty with entrances and exits.  The linked video is a humorous example; the building conundrum in Libya is not. President Obama's decision to launch a series of military strikes against Libya raises a host of questions, many more than can be answered in his much-belated address to the American people tonight. At a minimum, the President must clarify the purpose and scope of the mission. He has declared that the sole object is to protect civilians from harm. Others in his administration, however, suggest that military operations will continue until Muammar Qaddafi leaves office. In fact, the two goals might be contradictory, as the need to protect civilians from violence could well extend long after Qadd... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642572 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:57:22 +0100 4642572 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302308&cid=t_113517_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FR9b71pkIpLY%2F Business planners often include an ‘exit strategy’ detailing how they plan to leave the business: will they ‘run it dry’ (increase personal salary, pay off debts and close down), sell your shares, or liquidate?  These strategies require advance planning and are often well-thought out. But have you ever thought about your own personal exit strategies – the ones you use for giving up on your own personal projects, hopes and dreams? In most books about personal change and growth we are often told that our reasons for pressing ahead with our projects must be more important than our reasons for quitting. This is true. But when was the last time you examined the validity of your reasons FOR quitting? Why DO you give up? Is it because you are thoroughly defeated and cannot go on, broke... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302308 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 07:59:43 +0100 4302308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4258864&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fer-doctors-and-burnout%2F2010.12.14 Via Balkans Business News: One in two emergency care doctors will suffer a burnout during their career, according to a survey of French physicians, published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. The research was funded in part by the NEXT NURSES’ EXIT STUDY (‘Sustaining working ability in the nursing profession – investigation of premature departure from work’) project, which received more than EUR 2 million under the ‘Quality of life and management of living resources’ Programme of the EU’s Fifth Framework Programme (FP5). … The responses showed that the prevalence of burnout was high, with 1 in 2 emergency care doctors identified as suffering from it, compared with more than 4 out of 10 of the representative sample. Physicians had the highest burnout rate in the two age ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4258864 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:00:28 +0100 4258864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245597&cid=t_113517_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FtMU7F3LdXMY%2F There is nothing like an exit package to heal some wounds. And Jeff Kindler, who unexpectedly left the Pfizer ceo job this past weekend (see this), will have plenty of salves for any hard feelings or bruises. A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission made today spells out the details… His 2010 bonus will be a cash payment of $3.25 million; ther is a short-term incentive shift award of $1.8 million, and a cash severance payment of $4.5 million, which is equal to one times his salary plus his target bonus. Kindler will retain 377,586 restrict stock units, which will be settled in Pfizer stock this month, and he retains 266,576 peformance share awards, although the value will be determined later based on performance periods established earlier; and he gets 1.7 million tota... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245597 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:06:07 +0100 4245597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993878&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FupZ-3V7eDVA%2F By Malou InnocentThe New York Times reports that the book, Obama’s Wars, by longtime Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward that is scheduled for publication next week, depicts an administration completely at odds over the war in Afghanistan. According to Woodward, the president concluded from the start that “I have two years with the public on this.” He implored his advisers at one meeting, “I want an exit strategy,” and he set a withdrawal timetable because, “I can’t lose the whole Democratic Party.” It’s unfortunate that the policy debate over Afghanistan will be further spun into a left-vs.-right issue. After all, there are growing, if nascent, signs that some on the political right have reservations about our continued military involvem... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993878 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:07:26 +0100 3993878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175976&cid=t_113517_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2Fxw_Mc-jmoAg%2F Not the EMR vendor’s exit strategy. I mean your exit strategy from your EMR vendor. Here’s a story from one of my readers (company names removed): My former business, Vendor A, was stable and we had a customer base of over 600 sites. We thought we had a good linkup when Vendor B acquired us. They eventually raised prices, turned support time from hours to weeks, and started to lose customers. In my opinion they turned into a wrecking ball. I’m certain, as a business, they would argue they are stable. Stability ends up being in the eye of the beholder and the one who fills out the survey. My point is that none of us are really good at looking into future. We can measure any company about where they have been. But, as with a prospectus, past performance is not an indicator... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175976 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:32:27 +0100 3175976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3067018&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fcm-z88jSw5E%2F By Malou InnocentSecretary Gates and Secretary Clinton, among other administration officials, indicated this weekend that the July 2011 date for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should not be interpreted as an exit strategy, but as a “ramp rather than a cliff.” It now appears the president will not be obligated to adhere to any withdrawal date and can adjust as he deems fit. President Obama’s decision to include a withdrawal date in his speech sends a mixed message to allies and enemies about America’s commitment to the region. It is a misguided effort to placate the American public’s waning support for the mission. Obama should instead be looking for ways to leave Afghanistan, not excuses to dig us in deeper. Essentially, the strategy is to apply the Iraq mo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3067018 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:56:41 +0100 3067018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052128&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FqfczHlmalmQ%2F Barack Obama first became a credible presidential candidate on the basis of his antiwar credentials and his promise to change the way Washington works. But he has now made both of George Bush’s wars his wars. The Washington Post’s front-page analysis began, “President Obama assumed full ownership of the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday night…” The cover of the tabloid D.C. Express was even more blunt. Speaking of Iraq in February 2008, he said, “I opposed this war in 2002. I will bring this war to an end in 2009. It is time to bring our troops home.” Responding to Hillary Clinton’s criticisms in March 2008, he said, “I will bring this war to an end in 2009, so don’t be confused.” Now he is promising to end the Iraq war in 201... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052128 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:38:15 +0100 3052128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871977&cid=t_113517_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F10%2F07%2Fchaos-theory-fun-games-with-gen-mcchrystal%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily: Fun & Games With Gen. McChrystal. Posted in Politcal Cartoons Tagged: afghanistan, exit strategy, general mcchrystal, risk, surge, war (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871977 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:01:47 +0100 2871977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871567&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOpM6i1EMF5A%2F Today marks the eighth anniversary of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Cato foreign policy experts have been following and analyzing the war since the beginning. Here’s a round up of their assessment thus far: Why we must narrow objectives in Afghanistan. Before implementing a new strategy, we must first define victory. Why the Afghanistan strategy does not require more troops. Once we have defined our objectives, we need to follow an exit strategy. Why Pakistan also plays a crucial role in this effort. In today’s podcast, foreign policy analyst Malou Innocent discusses the future of policy in the region. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871567 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:41:03 +0100 2871567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851747&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMKQrB8l302I%2F More  policymakers coming around to the idea that it is wrong to jail drug users as criminals. How Obama’s protectionist policies are hurting the poor. More stifling of political speech. “Checks and balances” be damned: “In a democratic country, you’d think that before the executive branch could regulate CO2–a ubiquitous substance essential to life–the legislature would have to vote on the issue. But you’d be wrong.” Somewhere, Thomas Friedman is smiling. Podcast: Next week marks eight years since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan. It’s time to get out. Read the exit strategy. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851747 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:33:42 +0100 2851747 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414774&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Fmore-final-exit-network-busts-this-time.html Final Exit Network was strongly suspected of assisting the suicide of Jana Van Voorhis, a severely mentally ill woman in Phoenix. The MSM ignored the story, but it was pushed strongly by New Times, an alternative newspaper. Now, its journalism seems to have helped lead to indictments. From the story: Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced a few minutes ago that investigators from his office have busted four people on murder [actually, manslaughter and conspiracy to commit manslaughter] charges in the 2005 "assisted suicide" death of a seriously mentally ill Phoenix woman...The four defendants -- who include retired Scottsdale resident Frank Langsner, a retired college professor -- have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder. Langsner and Wye Hale-Rowe, another so-called "e... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414774 Fri, 15 May 2009 16:36:00 +0100 2414774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367426&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fderek-humphry-has-another-teenage.html This has happened before and it will happen again. A teenager has apparently committed suicide using the death information contained in Derek Humphry's book Final ExitWho is Derek Humphry? He founded the Hemlock Society--now Compassion and Choices--with his second wife Ann Wickett, after becoming famous for a book he wrote about assisting the suicide of his first wife, called Jean's Way. Humphry abandoned Wickett when she was diagnosed with breast cancer (as did the rest of the "right to die" community), and she was ultimately befriended by Rita Marker, the hated enemy of "the ultimate civil liberty." Wickett eventually committed suicide, telling Marker in a note that Humphry's first wife Jean had actually died "by suffocation," rather than from the drug coctail Humphry said he gave her to... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367426 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:32:00 +0100 2367426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306966&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Fanother-final-exit-death-reported.html Apologists for assisted suicide, such as the Los Angeles Times editorial board, pretend that the Final Exit Network is a fringe group that does not reflect mainstream assisted suicide advocacy, rather than, as I have clearly demonstrated here, at SHS, within the very heart of the assisted suicide movement. FEN activists have been arrested in one case, and new deaths undertaken with their participation are coming out all the time.Here's the latest, of a depressed elderly man tired of living. From the story:Max Lom was depressed. His eyesight had failed. Simple tasks, like reading the newspaper, had become an exercise in futility.The 88-year-old Sarasota man wanted to die, although physically, he was healthy, according to his daughter.Last May, he swallowed a handful of pills in the hope of ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306966 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:56:00 +0100 2306966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2249063&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Fanother-indiciation-that-assisted.html Don't get me wrong: I would object to assisted suicide even if it were ever going to be truly restricted to people with terminal illnesses. But of course, that isn't the goal, and it sure isn't the reality. The Final Exit Network illustrate this--although most of the obtuse or biased media continually miss the point, such as Time's hopelessly incompetent reportingAs I have written, FEN has never advocated restricting assited suicide to the terminally ill. The only major American group that does is The Hemlock Society. It didn't used to, but there was a takeover in which the former crackpot model of advocacy led by Derek Humphry--with suicide machine conventions, etc.--was replaced by the smooth and well tailored professional model led by Barbara Coombs Lee and Kathryn Tucker.With the profe... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2249063 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:29:00 +0100 2249063 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232370&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Fcorrection-final-exit-networks-ted.html A few days ago I wrote that Ted Goodwin, one of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide defendants, was a mainstream figure in the assisted suicide movement. He certainly is that. But I made an error by writing that he had resigned as vice president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies. As far as I know he didn't. He resigned as head of the Final Exit Network. That means he is still in line to be the World Federation's president starting in 2010. Mea culpa. (Source: Secondhand Smoke) Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232370 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:00:00 +0100 2232370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232374&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Fhospice-organization-reacts-to-fen.html The other day I posted about how a lawyer for one of the Final Exit Network defendants said that hospice is just assisted suicide in slow motion. This is dangerous demagoguery that could convince people not to seek the benefits that hospice can provide. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has now issued a press release rebutting the baseless charge. From the release:"Hospice compassionately cares for people who are near the close of life--but hospice isn't about how you die, it's about how you live. Hospice and palliative care focuses on how dying persons and their loved ones live each day, providing comfort and guidance along the way," said J. Donald Schumacher, president and CEO of National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. "The quote from that news article demo... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232374 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:54:00 +0100 2232374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227114&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Fworld-federation-of-right-to-die.html I knew the assisted suicide crowd would try to make the four defendants in the assisted suicide of a man who had been treated successfully of cancer, but was undergoing difficult reconstruction surgery and needed a hip replacement, into some kind of civil rights-type heroes. Toward this end, some assisted suicide promoters have labeled them, "The Georgia Four." Meanwhile, the Board of Directors of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies has issued the following statement, demonstrating that the movement does not want to limit assisted suicide to the terminally ill:The Board of the World Federation of Right-to-Die Societies is very concerned by the recent arrest in Georgia of its Vice Chairman, Ted Goodwin, and others. Many of us have known Ted for several years and regard him as a m... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227114 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:18:00 +0100 2227114 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227115&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Fman-who-died-in-accused-final-exit.html John Celmer, the man whose death is the subject of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide criminal charges, was not terminally ill. Indeed, he had apparently beaten his cancer. From the story: John Celmer was making what his doctor considered “remarkable progress” last spring after two surgeries to reconstruct his jaw.The 58-year-old Cumming man faced hip replacement surgery for arthritis, but he appeared to have won a battle against head and neck cancer. Then, he was found dead."His doctor was shocked," said Forsyth County Coroner Lauren McDonald III. "He said he shouldn’t have died." McDonald said an autopsy confirmed that Celmer, who smoke and drank, was cancer-free at death; the man had died from asphyxia suffocation resulting from the inhalation of helium. The death was ruled a... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227115 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:23:00 +0100 2227115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2227116&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Flawyer-for-final-exit-network-slanders.html Assisted suicide advocates pretend that they support hospice, but their work undermines the entire concept, or at least, twists it into something that would be unrecognizable by its creator, Dame Cecily Saunders. But now a lawyer named Michael Kaminkow, who is defending two of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide defendants, has gone so far as to slander hospice. From the story: "Whatever happened here is no more than what happened in a hospice," said Michael Kaminkow, an attorney representing two of the network members arrested Wednesday. "In reality, a hospice is a suicide. It's just a little slower." Shame on Kaminkow. First, hospice isn't about causing life to end. It is about alleviating suffering and promoting human community and dignity for people with terminal illnesses and thei... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2227116 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:59:00 +0100 2227116 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222383&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Firresponsible-advocacy-by-barbara.html There she goes again--meaning Compassion (Hemlock Society) and Choices head Barbara Coombs Lee--pushing the baloney that assisted suicide is only about preventing unalieviable suffering for the terminally ill. Worse, she engages in irresponsible demogoguery about proper care of dying patients. From her Huffington Post article: Let's be clear. The policies on end-of-life decisions in every state except Oregon, Washington and Montana are merciless and irrational. Dying patients are abandoned to their agonies and any talk of assistance in their dying occurs in hushed, confused tones. A decent society must do better.Well, that's not only fear mongering of the worst kind, but it is also a slander to the good work of hospice professionals, who most definitely do not abandon patients "to their ag... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222383 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:36:00 +0100 2222383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222387&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Fholding-plastic-bags-over-heads-of.html I have been following various aspects of the FEN activists' arrests. But this aspect of the story really caught my attention. SHSers will recall that I mentioned the book A Chosen Death in a previous post, and how its author Lonny Shavelson watched a Hemlock operative kill "Gene" by preventing him from tearing off a plastic bag she had put over his head.Well now, it appears that the FEN activists may have done the very same thing! From the story:At the Dawson County residence on Wednesday, [Ted] Goodwin [head of FEN and vice president of the World Federation of the Right to Die Societies] allegedly walked the undercover agent through the steps and demonstrated how he would hold the agent's hands to stop him from removing the exit bag, Bankhead said.The GBI said that after the death occurs,... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222387 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:57:00 +0100 2222387 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222388&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Fkevorkian-against-final-exit-network.html Jack Kevorkian, who painted the delightful picture above, helped kill people--other than Thomas Youk, who he lethally injected--via an assisted suicide machine in which the client flipped a switch opening the valve of a canister containing carbon monoxide. Yet, he has come out against the alleged approach to assisted suicide taken by the arrested Final Exit Network assisted suicide practitioners. From the story:Southfield attorney Mayer Morganroth said Kevorkian, once referred to as Dr. Death, believes a doctor should always be involved in any type of assisted suicide."Other than that, he's not allowed to express any views about the methods they use," Morganroth said Thursday. "That's a limitation on his parole. The only thing he can say is that he disagrees with the methods and one of the... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222388 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:53:00 +0100 2222388 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222390&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Farrested-final-exit-network-activist.html In the wake of the arrests of four assisted suicide activists from the Final Exit Network, I believe an effort will be made to cast them as fringe characters within the movement.Don't believe it. One of the four is Ted Goodwin, who is the head of the FEN. Goodwin has been a stalwart in the movement for many years, to the point that in 2008 he was elected vice president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, the international umbrella organization to which most euthanasia/assisted suicide organizations belong. That means, had he not resigned just ahead of his arrest, he would have almost surely been elevated to the chair of president in 2010.The World Federation of Right to Die Societies doesn't advocate for restricting assisted suicide to the terminally ill. Its 2006 "Toronto M... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222390 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:47:00 +0100 2222390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222392&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Ffinal-exit-network-search-warrants.html I wrote earlier today about the arrest of Final Exit Network operatives. I mentioned in that post about the Phoenix case in which a mentally ill woman--it was contended--was assisted in suicide by a group representative. I had reported that matter previously here at SHS, and now search warrants have apparently been issued in the case. From the Phoenix News Times that, unlike the MSM, covered the story previously: This just in: Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is about to announce the issuance of search warrants in the 2006 assisted suicide of a mentally ill Phoenix woman.The case, which involved volunteers coming to town to help 58-year-old Jana Van Voorhis kill herself, was first reported by New Times staff writer Paul Rubin in this cover story. The volunteers were part of the nonpr... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222392 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:15:00 +0100 2222392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2216463&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F02%2Ffinal-exit-network-ring-of-suicide.html The Final Exit Network is dedicated to assisted suicide. More honestly than some in the euthanasia movement, its members openly acknowledge that the "ultimate civil liberty" should not be limited to the terminally ill.It has long been suspected that some members of the FEN are not willing to wait until the law changes to assist in suicides. Some old time SHSers may recall the case in Phoenix in which it seemed pretty clear that a FEN member helped assist the suicide of a woman with a mental illness.Nothing came of that case in terms of criminal culpability, but now some arrests have been made in a series of assisted suicides in several states. From the story: Four members of an alleged assisted suicide ring were charged Wednesday with helping a 58-year-old Georgia man end his life, and inv... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2216463 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:21:00 +0100 2216463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1674785&cid=t_113517_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Fswiss-assisted-suicide-group-apparently.html Once one accepts the premise that suicide is an acceptable answer to the problems of human suffering and ennui, there are no boundaries that will hold for long. Example: EXIT is apparently getting ready to assist the suicides of elderly people who are tired of living--announced by an assisted suicide listserve:'TIRED OF OLD AGE' IS A CONSIDERATION The annual conference and general membership meeting of the highly respected Swiss-German EXIT organisation (50,000members, who all must be residents of Switzerland) at this years meeting in Zurich 26 April 2008, adopted with overwhelming majority a resolution which requires the organisation at its 2009 meeting, to take a vote on whether their statutes shall be amended to add "being tired of old-age" to the prevailing EXIT eligibility criteria fo... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1674785 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:57:00 +0100 1674785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1288561&cid=t_113517_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F247902935%2Fhand_out_exit_slips_expect_mor.html While some leaders seem mystified that people dislike their meetings … and question why staff disappear faster than the flick of a light switch … take heart. Cognitive scientists are uncovering facts that show how meetings work for or against the human brain. It depends on what you do as leader and what participants do too. Wonder why people only retain only a small fraction of what they hear in meetings? Or why participants who have ownership in meetings benefit more from them? Neuroscience has found that the brain builds better connections when folks are not told what to do - but are involved fully in the process. Why so?People experience adrenaline-like bursts of insight as they go through the process of making their own connections, says David Rock, CEO at Results Coachin... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1288561 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:21:49 +0100 1288561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=553257&cid=t_113517_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D1243 I’ve decided to give Twitter a spin. First heard about it in TWiT (This Week in Tech podcast hosted by Leo Laporte but nothing to do with Twitter actually). The cool thing is that there is a Twitter for Treo client It works well but this beta version is missing Clipboard utilties so one can’t easily C&P items. If you enter text, exit and reenter the application then you lose what you entered earlier (unless you exit Twitter for Treo using Sub-Launcher or some similar application) I’ve place a bit of code which links to my Twitter profile in the sidebar on the right. Anyone else in the Palm world do Twitter? (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles) The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=553257 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:54:29 +0100 553257