Project on Death in America

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"From 1996 forward, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and George Soros's Project on Death in America (PDIA) implemented end-of-life (EOL) programs that fit into a three-point strategy to change American culture. Bioethicist Daniel Callahan (healthcare rationing proponent), argued that America was a death-denying society, and suggested a three-point plan for cultural change. ..

"Porter Storey was appointed to head up that project at AAHPM. NHPCO's board and steering committees reads like a who's who of the RWJF/Soros movement. In spite of the fact that the Soros/RWJF-funded doctors [see "the death cadre"] drew resounding criticism from their colleagues regarding the Terri Schiavo case, this clique is still loved and sought out by the old-line news media as representative of correct medical thought. The following chronology is a rough outline of the fusion and metamorphosis of right-to-die, palliative care, and hospice under the aegis of bioethics and progressive ideology. " [1] (PDIA Reports

Advisory Board (2003)

Accessed November 2011: [2]

  • Susan Block, M.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
  • Robert A. Burt, J.D., Yale Law School
  • Robert N. Butler, M.D., International Longevity Center—USA., Ltd.
  • Ana O. Dumois, Ph.D., D.S.W.
  • Kathleen M. Foley]], M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
  • Patricia Prem, M.S.W.

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References

  1. Two Decades to an American Culture of Death, Life Tree, accessed November 19, 2011.
  2. Report of Activities, PDIA, accessed November 19, 2011.