Sep 15, 2016
End of Life Washington’s Summer 2016 Newsletter is now available. It’s been almost a year since the last newsletter from End of Life Washington. We are pleased to present the Summer 2016 edition in which we talk about all the change and progress in the works....Aug 25, 2016
By Kelly Davis, August 9, 2016, Voice of San Diego Last August, my sister Betsy asked if I knew anything about using Bitcoin, a form of virtual currency. It took me awhile to realize why she was asking: She wanted to buy a lethal amount of drugs and she didn’t want...
Aug 22, 2016
A Death with Dignity, By Judith Gordon, Phd, End of Life Washington Board Member Perry called to say goodbye about ten days before his death. We hadn’t seen each other for over twenty-five years, but I recognized his voice immediately, even though it was weak and...Aug 16, 2016
By Corrine Johns-Treat, August 10, 2016, Time I’ve had cancer now for four years. I was diagnosed with stage-three lung cancer in 2012. It was a surprise to my family and to myself. I don’t smoke. I exercised regularly. I was 58. I didn’t expect to still be here. But...Aug 11, 2016
By S.M., June 13, 2016, The Economist [disclaimer: End of Life Washington does not support the use of the term “Assisted Suicide” to describe Death with Dignity. To learn more, read our article “Language Matters.”] California, America’s most...Jul 13, 2016
By Paula Span, July 1, 2016, The New York Times Until a severe stroke sent him to a neurological intensive care unit in December 2014, Ernest Kohn was a particularly vibrant 90-year-old, still teaching a graduate economics class at Queens College. So his family...Jul 6, 2016
By Amy Norton, March 30, 2016, Health Daily At the end of their lives, most people want peace, as little pain as possible, and some control over how they die, a new research review finds. Researchers said the study gives some sense of how people typically define a...Jun 22, 2016
Dying In A Hospital Means More Procedures, Tests And Costs By Alison Kodjak, June 15, 2016, NPR People who die in the hospital undergo more intense tests and procedures than those who die anywhere else. An analysis by Arcadia Healthcare Solutions also shows that...Jun 15, 2016
By Patrick G. Lee, June 9, 2016, Pro Publica This story was co-published with Mother Jones. Mergers have become commonplace as hospital mega-chains increasingly dominate the American health-care market. But these deals often go unscrutinized by state regulators, who...Jun 8, 2016
By Dan Diaz, June 7, 2016, CNN A little more than 18 months ago, I held my wife, Brittany Maynard, in my arms as she fell asleep and passed away, peacefully. She did so after consuming aid-in-dying medication, instead of allowing brain cancer to continue imposing its...