A GOOD DEATH Really Starts With A GOOD LIFE
"What do you consider critical for your own GOOD DEATH CHECKLIST? What about those in your community of support? What would they want you to add (if you dare)?" (Continue reading ...)
Laura’s Choice
“So you think you’re free. You are part of a democratic society, so you have the freedom of choice in how you live – and die. Well, you don’t." (Continue reading ...)
LGBTQ+ End-of-Life Planning
"This committed couple who loved each other through life's ups and downs were separated when Pat breathed her final breath." (Continue reading ...)
Acceptance, Denial, And Related Responses To Death
"After a two-hour appointment in which my mother was assessed and then diagnosed with dementia ... my stepfather announced, “OK! So there’s nothing wrong with her!” (Continue reading ...)
The Old Man’s Friend: Refuse Antibiotics To Achieve A Peaceful Death
"The legal method I suggest most for a dignified and peaceful death is to stop all treatments, especially antibiotics." (Continue reading ...)
Medical Aid In Dying
"New legislation and court judgments are further expanding access to MAID, some bringing new and different twists." (Continue reading ...)
Hospice And Medical Aid-in-Dying: Addressing An Unethical Disconnect
"One facility used the term “provider-hastened death” and stated that it encompasses euthanasia." (Continue reading ...)
Having Dementia Wishes Followed
"Whose wishes for his medical treatment were we to honor? Those of my father back when he was a healthy, highly functioning geneticist? Or those of the simpler, weakened man my father had become?" (Continue reading ...)
It’s Time for Physicians to Tackle Advance Care Medical Planning
"If these five reasons don’t make a strong enough case for physicians to engage with their patients in advance care planning, here’s one more: it is simply the right thing to do." (Continue reading ...)
The D Word … Dead
"Words matter. 'By words we learn thoughts, and by thoughts we learn life.' -- Jean Baptiste Girard" (Continue reading ...)