> By the way, this friend, (Nancy Moulton) and her friend, Eleanor
Smith once grew an organization called Life Worthy Of Life, which as
I recall, grew up around that Larry Macaffee(?) guy who had
partitioned the court to die, and because of this he ended up getting
the services it took to make him not want to commit suicide. (pms)
Eleanor Smith is quoted in my book. That group is wonderful. The latest formation is a group called Not Dead Yet which is after Peter Singer(just appointed to Princeton faculty) and the whole Nazi bioethics thing coming down... ------------------
I tried to find your book the other night at Cody's, Moe's, and then B&N, but nobody had it. I will keep looking around locally, but in the meantime, I have to ask about Eleanor Smith.
This has to be the same Eleanor Smith I worked with, or rather under, about thirty years ago at Cowell Hospital--the Univ of Calif. Berkeley student hospital (since torn down and replaced with the Haas School of Business!).
She was an rehab nurse/occupational therapist (?) working for the Cal Dept of Voc Rehab and was heavily involved in getting younger severely disabled people out of county hospitals and into school or independent living. Is this the same person? If so, could you just give a quick sketch of the context and the quote? (off-list if you prefer)
On the bio-ethics thread, I told my son, who is starting his first year residency at some hospital in Texas, whenever anybody mentions ethics, just follow the money. In medicine ethics => money.
Thanks,
Chuck Grimes