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September 10, 2023October 23, 2023

Dying Badly In The ICU

"The sentence that sent my blood pressure skyward was this: 'Even if my patients are beyond pain, there is also a cost to those who are forced to perform emergency efforts that is just that: a performance.'” (Continue reading ...)

August 27, 2023October 23, 2023

A Jewish Interpretation Of Death With Dignity: Seven Teachings

Jewish law states the dying are to be considered, for legal purposes, “like one who is alive for every purpose”, capable of wielding the same power over their lives until their very last moments, as they did in their days of health. (Continue reading ...)

August 13, 2023August 12, 2023

“If I Were A Dog …”

Had she been the family's beloved old Labrador or suffering Boston Terrier, we would have taken her to the vet for a final loving, humane act, a choice unavailable to her family, doctors, or caregivers. (Continue reading ...)

July 30, 2023July 27, 2023

Choosing Death Over Suffering: Informing Patients About Physician Aid-In-Dying (Part 2)

When determining an ethical standard of discussing physician aid in dying (PAD) during medical decision-making, it is important to begin with the caveat that physicians are not ethically obligated to assist a patient in ending his or her life, even if the physician informs the patient of the right to do so. (Continue reading ...)

July 2, 2023June 29, 2023

Here’s to Hospice – But Not For-Profit Please

If you’re a for-profit business in the hospice business, where is your profit coming from? (Continue reading ...)

May 14, 2023May 12, 2023

Medical Aid In Dying Is Still Called “Assisted Suicide”; An Anthropologist Explains The Problem With That

It’s time that we revise and refine our cultural lexicon around this emergent end-of-life practice. A medically assisted death definitively warrants a linguistic and conceptual category of its own. (Continue reading ...)

April 2, 2023March 30, 2023

The Legacy Of A Life While Contemplating A Good Death

On Saturday, February 18, 2023, when the Carter Center announced that former President Jimmy Carter would be receiving hospice care at home, I was both saddened by what this decision essentially means for the former president, and intrigued by the possibility of having broader discussions about hospice and, more specifically, end-of-life doulas. (Continue reading ...)

March 26, 2023March 22, 2023

Quality Of Life At The End Of Life

The lawsuit does not attack the right of patients to access medical aid in dying, which is the heart of the bill. Rather, it challenges provisions of the law that require providers to inform patients of the availability of medical aid in dying, and to refer those patients to a willing provider if the patient’s primary provider is unable or is unwilling for any reason. (Continue reading ...)

February 19, 2023February 20, 2023

“I Refuse To Have A Terrible Death”: The Rise Of The Death Wellness Movement

“We can’t keep up with our waitlist,” Arnoldy says of skyrocketing interest in the program. “The last time we opened up registration, the applicants crashed our system.” (Continue reading ...)

January 29, 2023January 28, 2023

Whose Death Is It, Anyway?

Unconscious, Michael lingered for hours. His waiting children had no one to call for advice, but Michael had left instructions for this eventuality. Sobbing, his son Bill lovingly carried out his father’s wishes. (Continue reading ...)

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