Candy

I started this new book, called Candy. It's quite interesting. I am only a few chapters in so far. The main character Candy is very hard to read, and very mysterious. She just met a boy named Joe, and exchanged numbers. I have a feeling that Candy is really shady, and a bit creepy. I've been trying to figure it out, but I can't put my finger on it. Joe is a normal guy, nothing really special or anything. Nothing special has happened enough to log about, so I will keep reading and blog about it in a day or two.

Assisted Suicide III

Jacoby, Susan. "The Right to Die." AARP Bulletin Today 10 Nov 2005 10:56:00-05:00. 8 Dec 2008 http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/policy/articles/assisted_suicide.html?CMP=KNC-360I-YAHOO-BULL&HBX_OU=51&HBX_PK=assisted_suicide.

In the article, Jacoby is going over one of the first major tests for newly appointed Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the Bush administration is challenging Oregon's controversial law allowing physician-assisted dying, claiming it violates federal laws governing drug use. It also tells you Oregon's law, ratified by voters in 1997 and it's strict conditions, which include: 1) two doctors certify that the patient has no more than six months to live; 2) patients must make three requests to the doctor for a lethal dose of medication — twice orally and once in writing; 3) the prescription can be filled only after a 15-day waiting period; 4) patients take the drug themselves — the prescribing doctor may not administer the drug. Charlene Andrews, 68 who was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in 2000 spoke out: "I think of this as 'doctor-aided dying' or 'compassionate aid in dying,' That may be less catchy in headlines than 'doctor-assisted suicide,' but it's much more truthful. I am still fighting to live with every available medical tool, but I am going to die of this disease anyway." Kenneth R. Stevens Jr., M.D., a radiation oncologist in Portland, Ore., and vice president of the Physicians for Compassionate Care Education Foundation informs us that he believes assisted suicide as a violation of the doctor's healing role. "I did not become a doctor to write a prescription to end a patient's life," he says.Jacoby closes her article with Andrews: I have peace of mind because my state respects my own judgment about my own life and death, "I'm hoping the court will send a clear message that will give other Americans the same chance—to decide for themselves when enough is enough."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7770641.stm i need that for my next post..

He Completes Me

So I've continued reading, and well....I can't stop. The second book is Jacob's story, and goes through what he is thinking. Ah it just keeps getting betterrrrrr! Just wanted to tell you its amazing, but what else would you expect? READ THE TWILIGHT BOOKS NOW JARRETT!!! :D Post again laterrr!

Assisted Suicide

Research Question: When is assisted suicide ethical? Or is it ethical at all?

Ricci, James. "Assisted Suicide Attacked from an Unlikely Front." Los Angeles Times 2007. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Edina High School. 7 December 2008 http://www.sirs.com.

In this article by James Ricci, he is showing dissability rights groups who are usually supportive of individual liberty, how they have helped defeat bills out of fear that HMOs would see a chance to cut care. Throughout the article, Ricci goes over cases that assisted suicide has taken place, and how people think that it is just a way of cutting care that should be given to these patients. He shows us what different people view on this subject, and some were quite stong, such as Paul Longmore, a history professor at San Fransico State, as well as a pioneer in the historical study of disability: " HMOs are denying access to healthcare and hastening people's deaths already. Our concern is not just how this will affect us. Given the way the U.S. healthcare system is getting increasingly unjust and even savage, I don't think this system could be trusted to implement such a system equitably, or confine it to people who are immediately terminally ill." He ends with a quote from Remson Mitchell: "I'm tired of fighting it, I'd much rather be working for healthcare reform than battling this, over and over and over again. Killing someone isn't improving anyone's care."

Hirsch, Afua and Gillan, Audrey. "Ask Parliament, Not Courts, Whether Your Husband Can Help End Your Life." The Gaurdian 2008. SIRS Researcher. SIRS Knowledge Source. Edina High School. 7 December 2008 http://www.sirs.com.

In this article Hirsch and Gillan examine the case of Debbie Purdy who went to Royal Courts of Justice because she was determined to have her husband with her holding her hand, when she died. Purdy wanted to be certain that her Husband, Omar Puente would not face prison time if he took her to the Dignitas clinic near Zurich to help her die. Purdy's response the the two high courts rejecting her: "I would be heartbroken if Omar could not hold my hand while I died. It would be the worst thing I could ever imagine. Ambulance men hold people's hands because they don't want them to die alone. It would break Omar's heart if he could not hold mine, and that would be heartbreaking for me." Purdy is still alive, the doctors gave her pain killers because the law was not clear, and Purdy did not want her husband in jail. Representing the DPP, Jeremy Johnson had said there was no compelling reason for the case to be heard on appeal. "Only parliament can provide Debbie Purdy with the remedy she seeks"

OH MY GOD

I'm completely, and utterly speechless. You have no idea, I don't know what to say. So, I started reading Breaking Dawn, the fourth book of the Twilight series, by Stephanie Meyer. Um, so this book so far is flawless. It's broken down into books, and I just finished the first book. Holy $$#%*&^! What happens in the first book, you could never even have imagined before! Just to give you a taste..BELLA IS PREGOOO!! Yup, you heard me. Pregnant. Oh my god, who would have ever thought. I don't even know how to respond. At the begining of these books, kissing was a risk, but now! SEX!?!?! When I finished reading, I truly just sat there looking at the book with my jaw dropped for about 20 minutes. I will blog later, I have to keep reading! BYE!