By Judie Brown Merriam-Webster defines the word palliate as a transitive verb that means “to reduce the violence of (a disease); also: to ease (symptoms) without… Read More »Palliative Care: Pain Relief or Imposed Death?
By Judie Brown In Alfie Evans’ final days, people of conscience around the world strove to defend his right to live and his parents’ right to… Read More »Archbishop Paglia Fails Alfie Evans
We must understand and teach others the sacredness of every human being’s life. Our eternal souls depend upon it.
In today’s guest commentary, Dr. Elizabeth Wickham writes about the low-profile wing of the euthanasia movement known as the Third Path.
An Australian nurse explains the realities of euthanasia—realities that know no borders.
No one likes to suffer, but humans are not animals who can be “put down” when infirmity or old age comes. How do we teach respect for God’s children in an era where assisted suicide is becoming more and more acceptable?
Caring for those who are sick or dying should be a privilege not a burden, yet society does not seem to understand the love that we should show to our fellow man in their time of need.
Dr. Chris Kahlenborn answers some basic questions regarding the issues involved in the decision of whether to provide assisted nutrition and hydration to patients in need.
Most people are familiar with hospice care, but relatively unfamiliar with palliative care, a more recent specialty in the practice of medicine.
By Judie Brown The traditional phrase “from conception to natural death,” which describes the creative power of God and is most commonly seen in Catholic… Read More »From Creation to Death
By Ron Panzer
Nobody needs to write anything to demonstrate that Dr. Saunders’ mission, in serving the public through her hospice and palliative care work, was absolutely founded upon religious faith.
By Mark Davis Pickup
The onset of multiple sclerosis is sudden. I went dead from the waist down. I could not distinguish something hot from something cold.