Big Debate: Assisted dying

Rev Rob Marshall, Team Rector of East Ham vs Paul Kaufman, Chair of the East London Humanists

Suicide is third-leading cause of death for young people ages 10 to 24

Five questions for Jeanie Youngwerth

Cynthia Pasquale

Director of the Palliative Care Consult Service at UCH, she oversees all functions of the service, from day-to-day operations to achieving the service's vision to research and fundraising.

Richard Ekins: Defying the law: a reply to Daly

Constitutional Law Group

I’m grateful to Paul Daly for bringing to my attention the Irish High Court’s Fleming decision and the Ménard Report. However, I think he is wrong to censure the former (at least, as harshly as he does) and to laud … Continue reading →

Physicians Take Notice: Suicide Rates are Increasing Dramatically

Frank Fortin

By Steve Adelman, MD Earlier this month, the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) presented alarming data comparing age-adjusted suicide rates between 1999 and 2010. Historically, the two major causes of death of younger people have been motor vehicle accidents and suicide. As motor vehicle accident deaths have gone down, suicides have gone up: [...]

Care At The End Of Life: Room For Improvement, Ideas For Change

The decision to limit life support in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) appears to be significantly influenced by physician practices and/or the culture of the hospital, suggests new findings from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference...