Category

Hospice

Does MAiD target disabled people? Dr. B.J. Miller reflects on the challenges.

By | Choice, Disability, Discrimination, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Not Dead Yet, Palliative Care, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 2 Comments

In the second of a two-part blog, a renowned EOL healthcare reformer (a triple amputee) talks to Final Exit Network about the thorny nexus between Medical Aid in Dying and the profound challenges faced by disabled people.

Read More

A toast “to life” may include the wish for a peaceful death

By | Advance Directives, Death With Dignity Act, DNR, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Hospice | 2 Comments

Nearly everyone hopes for a peaceful death; yet such an end can be elusive. Many of us face both philosophical and practical questions as we do what we can to make our own deaths peaceful.

Some of us may have religious questions. Judaism, like many other religions, is all over the map in its thinking about ways to achieve a peaceful death.

Read More
Page 6 of 6
1 4 5 6