RIGHT-TO-DIE
MINNESOTA
SPEAKERS
BUREAU
Since the Right-to-Die Minnesota is such a new
organization,
so far we have only one speaker, James Park,
but other speakers may volunteer their talents at any time.
All of the possible talks by James Park
already exist in written form on the Internet.
The titles below link to these complete written texts.
But James Park will speak without text or notes,
presenting the same basic ideas contained in these cyber-sermons
with frequently pauses for comments and questions.
The Green
letters D or N after some titles
mean Discussion and Newsworthy.
If your group loves to discuss, choose a D subject.
If you plan to invited the media, choose an N subject.
MEDICAL ETHICS
When Is A
Person?
Pre-Persons & Former Persons
. D
Advance
Directives for Medical Care:
24 Important Questions to Ask
. D
Fifteen
Safeguards
for Life-Ending Decisions
.
Do I Lose the
Right-to-Die When I Lose Consciousness?
The Living
Cadaver:
Medical Uses
of Permanently Unconscious Bodies . D N
Depressed?
Don't Kill
Yourself!
.
THE RIGHT-TO-DIE
The
One-Month-less Club:
Live Well Now, Omit the Last Month . D N
Four
Differences between Irrational Suicide and Voluntary Death
. D N
Four
Differences between Mercy Killing and Merciful Death . D N
Four Legal
Means to Choose a Voluntary Death or a Merciful Death . D N
Pulling the Plug:
A Paradigm for Life-Ending Decisions .
A New Way to
Secure the Right to Die:
Laws Against Causing Premature Death .
Two Approaches
to Right-to-Die Laws:
Granting Permission and Banning Harms .
Voluntary Death
by Dehydration
. D N
ELECTRONIC
WAYS TO USE THESE TALKS
If your group has an e-mail list,
here is another way to use these Internet presentations:
Before the meeting,
send the synopsis and outline of the scheduled talk
to your complete list of members.
(Each
talk above begins with a synopsis and outline for that theme.)
You might also include the link to the complete text.
This will get the participants ready to discuss the subject.
And it will allow us to spend less time on presentation
and more time exploring the issues of greatest interest
to the people who attend the meeting.
If your group exists only in cyber-space,
distribute the electronic text and begin the discussion.
James Park would be glad to join in any such electronic discussions.
An electronic gathering is also an option for groups
too distant from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
for the speaker to travel there in person.
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Local right-to-die groups, medical associations, college classes, etc.
are also welcome to read the written version of any talk to the group,
with appropriate pauses for discussion.
The written texts may also be printed out and distributed,
as long as the author's copyright is acknowleded.
And if wish, you can send written questions to the author:
James Park, e-mail: PARKx032@TC.UMN.EDU
This is also the address to arrange a talk.
If you have other themes you would like addressed,
don't hesitate to ask.
For example, much more could be said
about safeguards
for life-ending decisions.
James Park is also available for panels and debates
that would include presenters with contrasting views.
Created
April 19, 2008; Revised