Sep 7, 2017
From our friends at End of Life Choices New York: “The American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Center for Ethics and Human Rights recently released a new position statement on Nutrition and Hydration at the End of Life. In this position statement and its...Aug 22, 2017
by JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Bill Harris is blunt: For more than a year, he has been trying to help his wife die. The 75-year-old retired tech worker says it’s his duty to Nora Harris, his spouse of nearly four decades, who was diagnosed with early-onset...Aug 2, 2017
by Robert Samuelson, via The News Tribune For those of us who had hoped that American attitudes toward death were shifting in ways that would promote a wider reconstruction of the health-care system, there’s discouraging news from Health Affairs, the preeminent...Jul 31, 2017
by Jeremy Topin, via The Washington Post The dilemma for the critical-care team was not uncommon: An elderly patient with a life-threatening illness and in severe pain, not understanding the nature of his situation. A decision needing to be made about how aggressive...Jul 18, 2017
by Devon Andre, via belmarrahealth.com We will all die at some point. No matter how healthy our lifestyle is or how much exercise we get, all we can hope for is to live as long as we possibly can. We may have started families or have loved ones close to our hearts...Jul 11, 2017
Via healthaffairs.org Abstract With the help of a palliative care team, the author’s terminally ill mother dies on her own terms. At my mother’s recent memorial service, lots of people asked to speak. We got to hear from friends and family who had known her from each...Jun 28, 2017
by Sara Manning Peskin, M.D., from The New York Times You and I, one day we’ll die from the same thing. We’ll call it different names: cancer, diabetes, heart failure, stroke. One organ will fail, then another. Or maybe all at once. We’ll become more similar to each...Apr 25, 2017
By Josh Kerns, KIRO Radio Reporter It’s a subject few are willing to talk about: our own deaths. And even though Washington is one of just six states where doctor-assisted death is legal, very few utilize it, and many know nothing about their options. But a dedicated...Apr 19, 2017
Our esteemed board member, Arline Hinckley, recently traveled to Spokane to participate in a Health Forum panel discussion hosted by Spokane Public Radio. The topic was suicide awareness, and in her remarks, Arline made it abundantly clear that those who choose to...Apr 17, 2017
