Jun 18, 2015
By ALEXANDRA BUTLER (The New York Times, June 17, 2015) At 10 years old I knew my parents did not wish to be resuscitated nor plugged into machines in the event of serious illness. They told me they were not afraid of death but rather of being kept alive at any cost....Jun 15, 2015
Robb Miller, former Executive Director of End of Life Washington is interviewed in the KPLU segment, “Final Act”....May 26, 2015
(Elad Nehorai, The Death Projects) Most people (especially in the Western, developed world) don’t think much about death. It’s shoved to the side, sometimes as close to literally as possible. Whereas people used to die in their homes with their families and loved...May 12, 2015
By Phyllis Shacter · Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Next week, I’ll join interfaith chaplain Trudy James to talk about end-of-life issues relating to her film, Speaking of Dying. The short documentary delves into discussions that raise awareness about death and dying, and, in...May 12, 2015
by Liz Taylor One of the best parts about writing my column on aging in The Seattle Times for 14 years was meeting memorable, influential people. One was Robb Miller, Executive Director of Compassion in Dying (later renamed End of Life Washington). In 2003, he invited...May 11, 2015
John Eric Rolfstad, JD, MBA, MSWÂ has 25 years of experience advocating for quality end-of-life care, including 15 years as a hospice social worker as well as experience as an oncology social worker, HIV/AIDS case manager and hospital chaplain. Most recently he served...May 11, 2015
Robb Miller was Executive Director of End of Life Washington from 2000 through April 2015 Robb’s first connection with Compassion In Dying (as it was called then) was as a client with HIV in 1996. He had witnessed the painful and prolonged death of his first partner...May 6, 2015
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(Time, Josh Sanburn, March 31, 2015) The question of the role of government in end-of-life decisions still resonates 10 years later Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Death With Dignity National Center kept an office in Washington, D.C. For years,...Mar 19, 2015
(The New York Times, by Barbara Coombs Lee) More than two decades before Brittany Maynard’s public advocacy for death with dignity inspired lawmakers in Washington, D.C., and at least 16 states to introduce legislation authorizing the medical practice of aid in dying...