UK Assisted dying: we need a more humane law

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, …

Handful of states promise physicians online access to advance directives

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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.

Hospice Company Accused of Ripping Off Medicare

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

CECC Reflection by Joel Frader, MD

I receive postings from a U.S.-based pediatric palliative care listserv®.  A recent message said (paraphrasing): `after two decades working in pediatric palliative care, I see increasing numbers of parents resisting an end-of-life prognosis.  This leads to excessive intervention, harming the …

Register for our annual meeting, January 26, 2012

Our annual meeting is January 26 at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

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CECC needs your comments

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CECC’s planning retreat would like to take into account your ideas of …

Annual Respect Life Conference Sept. 10

“End of Life Decisions” is this year’s topic for the Annual Archdiocesan Respect Life Conference Sept. 10 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
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Please advocate for POLST in Illinois today

Governor Pat Quinn has until August 16th to sign IL Bill 3134 and make a
POLST (Physician Order for Life Sustaining Treatment) Paradigm an Illinois
Advance Health Care Directive. Please copy and paste the letter below onto
your letterhead and …