Tag: Medical Ethics

This week’s viewpoint is very meaningful for me. I am likely the only contributor who routinely performs euthanasia. As a veterinarian it is an unpleasant reality of the job.

This week CBS Sunday Morning reported that thousands of genetic tests are available — from minor things like baldness, to serious diseases like Alzheimer's.

They asked their viewers if they would want to know if they were likely to die of a terrible disease.

We acknowledge and use scientific advances in the form of medicine for the prolonging of life while at the same time recognizing that the body is but a temporary vehicle in which we are currently housed.

I've never pondered the connection between my faith and organ donation. I tend to avoid thinking of my own death, so the question of organ donation comes up only every four years when renewing my driver's license.

I just renewed my drivers license online this month and had the opportunity to choose to select to be an organ donor.

SpokaneFAVS blogger Ernesto Tinajero says true happiness is on the inside, not on the inside.

Where to begin with mental illness? I thought every adult at least knew a little about the problem and could relate in some way to the issue.