A strong, independent woman suffering with terminal cancer and her favorite niece found themselves in an emotional conflict as the aunt approached her Death with Dignity decision. The aunt was not going to be deterred from taking her life-ending medication while the...
Ethicists debate ‘medical aid in dying’ for dementia patients by Tanya Ott Ethicists debate ‘medical aid in dying’ for dementia patients Discussing end-of-life medical care can be really difficult for family, but especially so when the terminal condition is something...
by Bob Egelko, via SF Gate A judge ordered a halt Tuesday to California’s right-to-die law for terminally ill patients, ruling that it was illegally taken up and passed during a special legislative session devoted to health care funding. Unless a higher court...
by Lindsey Bever On his final day, before he went to a Swiss clinic to die, David Goodall spoke about his 104 years of life — and his scheduled death. The Australian scientist, who had traveled to Switzerland to end his life because euthanasia isn’t legal in his...
We are so very grateful to Elaine Fong and her family for their support of End of Life Washington and were privileged, in turn, to support their mother to access Death with Dignity. Please note that the medical protocol she mentions has been amended so that a burning...
by Sara Schilling, Tri-City Herald Phillip Estes lived a long, fulfilling life. A Harvard-trained physicist, his work took him around the country — ultimately to the Tri-Cities and the Hanford nuclear reservation. He and his wife, Judith, were happily married for 54...
by JoNel Aleccia, for NPR Health Shots Treading into ethically and legally uncertain territory, a New York end-of-life agency has approved a new document that lets people stipulate in advance that they don’t want food or water if they develop severe dementia....
by Samantha Wohlfeil, the Inlander On a cold winter morning, Phil Estes gets into the private ambulance he’s hailed for the more than two-hour journey to Spokane, all 99 pounds of the former Hanford engineer clinging to his frail 6-foot-tall frame as his gurney...
