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** 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

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:

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 …

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 …