Sentences with phrase «terminal illnesses who»

Several months ago, he made a decision to help others with terminal illnesses who might not have the financial capability, friendships and spiritual support he has had.

I put that in the same category as a person with a terminal illness who refuses to consider a sure cure because they are offended by an experience they had with a doctor sometime in the past.

Meanwhile, a report in The Times (11 November 2007) highlights the appalling dilemmas faced by individuals suffering unbearably in the context of terminal illness who wish to take steps to ensure a dignified death at a time and in a manner of their own choosing.

I was appointed Advocate to the Court in the case of JS (Disposal of Body), Re [2016] EWHC 2859 (Fam)(10 November 2016) where the application concerned a young teenager with a terminal illness who wished for her body to be cryogenically frozen upon her death.

A similar transaction, called a viatical settlement, is only for those with a terminal illness who expect to live another 24 months or less.

Viatical settlements (or life insurance policies with a «living benefit rider») specifically involve a policyholder with a terminal illness who wishes to sell his life insurance policy for immediate cash and needs the money for medications or treatment; the seller typically has a life expectancy of five years or less.

Not exact matches

Do you think that a sincere atheist would stubbornly insist that there is no God if their loved one was just healed from a terminal illness by the touch of someone who claimed that God heals?

Unfortunately, science has more pressing matters than spending its day, month, year explaining away coincidences like curing terminal illness which your god who is master of all creation created.

Only someone who accepts individualism as the highest good would be so confident that there is an obvious qualitative difference between the «freely chosen» decision to die made by a person facing a terminal illness and a decision made by a physically healthy but mentally tormented individual.

You don't see who has just gotten the news that their parent has a terminal illness, or whose child is failing in school, or whose boyfriend has just broken their heart.

He had read an article by a secular journalist, Michael Ignatieff, who criticized those who suffer from terminal illness and refuse to accept death without a struggle.

It's become an annual tradition: the loved ones of New Yorkers who died from painful, terminal illnesses come to the state Capitol to push for a law authorizing people with fatal diseases to seek life - ending medication from a doctor.

As CapCon's Matt Hamilton aptly points out, if the Senate Republicans decide to try to replace Skelos with another member of their conference, they're going to have a bit of a tough time doing it, thanks to the ongoing illness of Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous, who is recovering in Florida from back - to - back surgeries connected to his fight with terminal cancer; and the absence of Sen. George Amedore, who have been recovering from back surgery.

-- The attending physician is the person who first deems the patient terminal; he / she is the same person who declares the patient is capable, acting voluntarily and making an informed decision; he / she is the same person who writes the prescription or dispenses the medications directly; and he / she is the same person to sign the patient's death certificate; and he / she is required to lie on the death certificate by writing the terminal illness as the cause of death, not the lethal drugs -LRB-!).

New Yorkers with terminal conditions and relatives of people who died after painful illnesses have repeatedly lobbied lawmakers to pass legislation in New York to legalize physician - assisted suicide but top lawmakers have said they don't expect the measure to come up for a vote this year.

The case was filed by New Yorkers facing terminal illnesses — and their physicians — who say the state should recognize an individual's right to end their life.

Some of those with terminal illnesses, who know what is coming as their disease progresses and want to avoid it, will continue to be forced to make the trip to Switzerland in order to avoid further pain and indignity.

Supporters of the bill include several New Yorkers who lost loved ones to painful terminal illness.

Hodge Jones & Allen LLP's Nancy Collins, who is representing Humanists UK in the case, commented, «The issue at stake in this appeal is of fundamental importance; the right of those with terminal illnesses to choose when and how they die.

That more than triples the number of U.S. citizens who have the legal option to end their lives if they have a terminal illness.

Those who are under a terminal illness or have any chronic medical condition should always consult their doctor before taking up a juice cleanse

Those who are under a terminal illness or have any chronic medical condition should always consult their doctor before taking up a juice fast / cleanse.

Yeah, and the only people who should eat * brains * are those who want to GET a terminal illness.

They countered that the overly restrictive 200 mg upper safety limit for cholesterol intake, that wouldn't even allow a single egg, is only for people at risk for heart disease — to which the lead researcher replied, «[Most everyone is] at risk of vascular disease — the only ones who could eat [an] egg yolk regularly with impunity would be those who expect to die prematurely from nonvascular causes...» In other words, his famous «The only [people] who should eat eggs regularly are those [dying of] a terminal illness» — because at that point, who cares?

When you're dealing with a terminal illness, you want someone who thoroughly understands the full set of tools, including food, supplements, and pharmaceuticals.

The film directed by J.A. Bayona (who will direct Jurassic World 2 next) is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Ness and follows a 12 - year - old boy (Lewis MacDougall) who in dealing with his mother's (Felicity Jones) terminal illness, his less - than sympathetic grandmother (Sigourney Weaver), and bullying classmates, finds a friend in a nocturnal monster (voiced by Liam Neeson).

The other danger comes from Peter's childhood pal Harry Osborne (Dane DeHaan), who is now running Oscorp after the death of his father Norman (Chris Cooper), but suffers from the same terminal illness, and believes that the only cure is Spider - Man's blood.

The movie will follow «a young boy who attempts to deal with bullying at the hands of his classmates, and his mother's terminal illness, by escaping into a fantastical world through the guidance of a tree monster.»

The first season of the show will see Grint's character handed an incorrect diagnosis for a terminal illness by his deeply incompetent doctor (Frost), who then convinces him to embrace the lie and hide his misdiagnosis from family, friends, and colleagues.

And tragedy comes in spades: Whit is uncongenially divorced and his daughter hates him; Claire, who devoted her life to work, is looking into sperm banks to satisfy her maternal urge; Simon is dying of a terminal illness but no one knows, not even his wife.

Statham will play a veteran assassin who takes out a hit on himself after being diagnosed with a painful terminal illness.

Instead of joining The ExpendaBelles, Weaver has signed on for Juan Antonio Bayona's A Monster Calls, about a young boy who copes with his mother's terminal illness by escaping into a fantastical world with a monster.

Those who used to actually watch made - for - TV films back in the mid-1970s may find this story familiar, as it had originally been told as Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story, starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh, no doubt trying to capture the same audience of that most popular of all love stories involving someone with a terminal illness, Love Story.

His latest is a personal drama, the story of a film director (played by Margherita Buy) who is struggling to cope with her mum's terminal illness while making a new film.

Although the book is written with the middle - grade student in mind, teachers, counselors, and parents are reading it and learning a healthy way to discuss death with young people who have loved ones with terminal illnesses.

One of the remarkable things about this debut is the way DuBois — who is still in her twenties — is able to voice the thoughts of a woman her age facing terminal illness.

Their policy includes a «Living Needs Benefit» which advances part of the death benefit for policyholders who have been confined to a nursing home or have been diagnosed with a terminal illness with a maximum life expectancy of 6 months.

They are more expensive than policies that do require a medical exam, but are ideal for those who have a life threatening or terminal illness and can't find insurance coverage from a standard insurance carrier.

The Hospice segment provides care that is designed to provide comfort and support for those who are facing a terminal illness.

A terminal illness or injury event must be diagnosed after the contract issue date by a physician who certifies that the contract owner is expected to live less than 12 months from the diagnosis.

We need people who are willing to open their hearts and homes to shelter animals with a life - limiting terminal illness.

There are also options for people who want to stay with their dogs as they go through old age or deal with terminal illness.

Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch's «Fospice» (combination of Foster and Hospice) program encompasses caring for companion animals, horses and farmed animals who have terminal illnesses or medical needs that may be too overwhelming for someone to consider a normal adoption.

Pets accepted by HAS are never euthanized due to a lack of space, however, each year we do have a few cats and dogs who develop terminal illnesses or whose aggressive / unpredictable behavior does not make them suitable candidates for adoption.

Think of a family who is dealing with a severe or even terminal illness, and no longer has the time to give a pet the attention it deserves.

I work in close conjunction with hospice in providing a holistic approach to providing support and guidance to those who are coping with a terminal illness and grieving a loss.

Fortunately, there are many resources available to help us support our beloved canine companions — even those who have been diagnosed with chronic or terminal illness — in maintaining the best possible quality of life before they die.

Arima Kosei used to play the piano as a child, but his Mother [who was unable to live up to her full potential, due to a terminal illness] placed unnaturally high levels of pressure and expectation on him to compete and do well with the instrument.

Dominic Quagliozzi is a Los Angeles based artist who uses painting, video, and performance to chronicle living with a genetic terminal illness (Cystic Fibrosis).

(a) to recognise the right of a mentally competent adult who is suffering intolerably from a terminal illness to request a medical practitioner to provide medical services that allows the person to end his or her life peacefully, humanely and with dignity; and (b) to grant a medical practitioner who provides such services immunity from liability in civil, criminal and disciplinary proceedings.