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UK Assisted dying: we need a more humane law
January 9th, 2012 by LorettaThis 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
January 9th, 2012 by Lorettawww.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/01/02/bise0103.htm
BUSINESSHandful of states promise physicians online access to advance directivesRegistries 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
January 9th, 2012 by LorettaCompany 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
December 18th, 2011 by BBlartI 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
December 14th, 2011 by LorettaOur annual meeting is January 26 at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
CECC needs your comments
August 30th, 2011 by LorettaCECC offers copies of the award winning documentary, “Consider the Conversation” that has been shown in 100 PBS television markets. To enter this raffle, answer CECC’s survey questions.
CECC’s planning retreat would like to take into account your ideas of …
Annual Respect Life Conference Sept. 10
August 30th, 2011 by Loretta“End of Life Decisions” is this year’s topic for the Annual Archdiocesan Respect Life Conference Sept. 10 at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
http://www.catholic-sf.org/news_select.php?newsid=16&id=58844…
Please advocate for POLST in Illinois today
August 9th, 2011 by LorettaGovernor 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 …