Push for the Right to Die Grows in the Netherlands

Push for the Right to Die Grows in the Netherlands
by Dave Jolly
AMSTERDAM — It was 1989, and Dr. Petra de Jong, a Dutch pulmonologist, was asked for help by a terminally ill patient, a man in great pain …

Argentina backs dignified death law

** Argentina backs 'dignified death' ** The Argentine Senate passes a law that gives terminally ill patients the right to refuse treatment.
< http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/world-latin-america-18016902 >

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION MAY 15, 2012

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION MAY 15, 2012

Advance Directives in Community Patients With Heart Failure FULL ARTICLE:

http://m.circoutcomes.ahajournals.org/content/early/2012/05/10/CIRCOUTCOMES.

112.966036.full.pdf#page=1

Background—Although it is recommended that all patients with heart failure
(HF) have advance directives (AD) in place before the …

England is facing the same EOL issues as we are:

England is facing the same EOL issues as we are:

GPs have been urged to do more to ensure patients’ end-of-life wishes are respected, after a poll found more than a third had never initiated talks with patients about end-of-life …

Metta Institute End-of-Life Practitioner Program

For the past 10 years, the Metta Institute End-of-Life Practitioner Program ( http://mettainstitute.org/EOLoverview.html) has provided an unparalleled educational opportunity for hundreds of healthcare professionals and other caregivers. The Metta Institute has a highly regarded, national reputation as an innovative source …

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

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.

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 …

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