Since at least 2000, presidents have designated November as National Family Caregivers Month to honor the more than 40 million caregivers across the country who support aging parents, ill spouses or other loved ones with disabilities who remain at home. “These everyday heroes, living quietly among us in families and communities across the country, …
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month… Working in the nursing field is both rewarding and challenging, and never was this truer than for those who work as hospice nurses. People who pursue this career often see it as a calling, a job they’re drawn to. They consider it a privilege to help …
National Hospice and Palliative Care month is all November long. The goal is to raise awareness and support around the nation for programs that often go without notice… To most, Hospice means ‘giving up’ and ‘dying’. Hospice is a word that most shun away from and avoid like it’s a catchable cold. Despite common misconception, …
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Growing dissatisfaction among families whose terminally ill loved ones face excruciating suffering has ignited debate over whether people should be allowed to control their deaths by asking doctors for lethal prescriptions. On the side opposing assisted suicide is the Patients Rights Action Fund, led by executive director Matt Valliere. The group believes legalizing medically …
A Montreal couple is calling for disciplinary measures against a psychologist they say counselled one of them to kill the terminally ill other. When Miranda Edwards was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer she said she was determined to fight it. “I want to live, I want every medical intervention possible,” she said. …
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A registered nurse has been charged with murder after injecting a lethal drug into a friend who asked her to help him die following a breakup, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Kristie Jane Koepplin, 58, pleaded not guilty Monday, after being arrested in Maricopa County, Arizona, on Oct. 15, 2019, more …
The World Medical Association (WMA) recently held its 70th General Assembly meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, and reaffirmed a commitment: “to the principles of medical ethics and that utmost respect has to be maintained for human life. Therefore, the WMA is firmly opposed to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. “For the purpose of this declaration, euthanasia …
…Olivas has multiple myeloma, a terminal type of blood cancer. And after going through chemotherapy—a process that might extend her life five years—she stopped when doctors said her liver and kidneys were being damaged… So about a year after starting treatment, she decided she wanted to seek medical aid in dying, which a lot of …
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Barbara Lyons of the Patients’ Rights Action Fund Barbara joins Bob to talk about the National Council on Disability’s recent report on assisted suicide and its impact on individuals with disabilities. Click here to listen…
A court in Geneva has given a suspended sentence to the regional vice-president of EXIT, Pierre Beck, for helping an 86-year-old woman to die when she was not sick. He was found guilty of breaking federal law on therapeutic substances and given a suspended 120-day jail sentence. The court thus confirmed a criminal order issued by the Office …
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