Monthly Archives: January 2012

UK Assisted dying: we need a more humane law

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Loretta

This article was taken from The Guardian. It can be found here:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/05/assisted-dying-humane-law.

The law on assisted suicide is incoherent for both those with a terminal illness and their loved ones

The Commission on Assisted Dying, which I chair, …

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Handful of states promise physicians online access to advance directives

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Loretta

www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/01/02/bise0103.htm

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Handful of states promise physicians online access to advance directives

Registries that contain end-of-life wishes are being envisioned as a part of statewide health information exchanges.

By PAMELA LEWIS DOLAN, amednews staff. Posted Jan. 3, 2012.
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Hospice Company Accused of Ripping Off Medicare

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Loretta

Company accused of ripping off Medicare hospice benefits – Sacramento Living – Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee — from   via SacConnect.us <http://mee.bo/yhELep> 

WASHINGTON — A national hospice company improperly cycled patients through nursing homes…

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