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Hospice

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Should You Have A Fundamental Right To Control Your Own Death?

By | Death With Dignity, End-of-Life Planning, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Palliative Care, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 6 Comments

“What is fundamentally the difference between a doctor pulling a plug on a machine that provides lifesaving nutrients to a person that could potentially stay ‘alive’ on it for years, and a doctor prescribing pills to a person with mere days or months to live to end their unnecessary suffering?”

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What Does A “Good Death” Really Mean?

By | Death With Dignity, End-of-Life Planning, Good Death, Hospice, Palliative Care, Religion, Spirituality | 2 Comments

Although many individuals shy away from contemplating the inevitability of death, most would agree that they would like to die well. A new review of existing literature, published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, asks what makes a “good death” according to those involved in the process.

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