Jan 5, 2017
Peter Granitz, NPR.org Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s former Anglican archbishop and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recently celebrated his 85th birthday with an interesting message: He wants the option of an assisted death. Tutu has largely retired from public...Dec 21, 2016
by Vincent Mor – Health Affairs Blog In Anne Scitovsky’s 1984 review of end-of-life health care costs she too wondered why the issue was receiving increased attention just then. Perhaps, she thought, the impetus was that health care expenditures had recently...Dec 19, 2016
by JoNel Aleccia – Kaiser Health News As Colorado’s aid-in-dying law takes effect this month, proponents say they’ll make sure terminally-ill patients have access to a new, affordable drug concoction that will avoid the $3,000 cost of a common lethal sedative...Dec 6, 2016
by Arthur L. Caplan, PhD; Timothy E. Quill, MD – Medscape.com Editor’s Note: Arthur Caplan, PhD, interviewed Timothy Quill, MD, as part of the Medscape video series Both Sides Now. Only a portion of Dr Quill’s interview could be included in the video...Nov 16, 2016
Dear Friends of End of Life Washington, We join our friends and colleagues at Death with Dignity National Center in sharing some excellent news. We received the following message from DDNC’s Executive Director, Peg Sandeen yesterday: Amid all the turmoil in...Nov 3, 2016
By Compassion & Choices, November 1, 2016 (Washington, D.C. – Nov. 1, 2016) Advocates for the D.C. Death with Dignity Actpraised the D.C. Council for approving the popular legislation today by a vote of 11-2, a veto proof margin. The bill will be placed on the...Oct 27, 2016
By Jenifer Brokaw and Robert Kane, September 29, 2016, Time By the end of the first term of the next person elected President in 2016, there will be about 13 million more people over age 65 in the United States than when President Obama was last elected in 2012. In...Oct 19, 2016
By Juanita Ramsey-Jevne, August 18, 2016, Colorado End of Life Options Thanks to the Death With Dignity Act passed by Washington State citizens in 2008, my mother-in-law was able to meet her death on her own terms. At age 91, she was diagnosed with metastic cancer...Sep 29, 2016
You’re Invited to The End of Life Washington Annual Meeting  The program will feature the work of our 40+ Volunteer Client Advisors who support residents around the state. Keynote Speaker: George Eighmey President, Death with Dignity National Center Saturday,...Sep 28, 2016
By Roxanne Nelson, BSN, RN, September 20, 2016, Medscape Medical News Oregon was the first state in the United States to enact a physician aid in dying law, known as Death With Dignity Act (DWD). Now, almost 20 years later, there is little evidence that it has been...