Author

Norman Cantor

Disability

June 22, 2015

Human Rights Tribunal Upholds France’s Policies on Ending Life Support for Permanently Unaware Patients

By Norman L. Cantor France recently confronted its version of America’s 2005 Schiavo case (in which the Florida Supreme Court upheld a spouse’s determination to end life support to a permanently unconscious patient despite the…

Human Rights Tribunal Upholds France’s Policies on Ending Life Support for Permanently Unaware Patients
Bioethics

April 16, 2015

My Plan to Avoid the Ravages of Extreme Dementia

By Norman L. Cantor The first signs of my friend Gertie’s descent into dementia were mild — confusion about days of the week and memory loss about recent events. These were troubling but understandable phenomena…

My Plan to Avoid the Ravages of Extreme Dementia