The Death Penalty: A Play on Words
According to a May 2 Washington Post report authored by Rob Stein, there’s something fuzzy in the thinking of the policy makers at the American Board of Anesthesiology.
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End of Life Issues Guide: Assisted Suicide in Practice
Oregon’s Troubles Just Beginning? Almost four months after Oregon’s new assisted suicide law took effect, initial legal and practical problems have only become more obvious.… Read More »End of Life Issues Guide: Assisted Suicide in Practice
End of Life Issues Guide
Compiled by Robert MarshallMember, Virginia House of Delegates I. Public Opinion — Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide No Majority on Assisted Suicide50% Favor Assisted SuicideWhy Oregon Voters… Read More »End of Life Issues Guide
End of Life Issues Guide: Public Opinion
Poll: No Majority for Assisted Suicide A new poll by the national polling firm Baselice & Associates suggests that Americans’ support for assisted suicide may… Read More »End of Life Issues Guide: Public Opinion
End of Life Issues Guide: Who is the Patient?
“Permanent Vegetative State” Misnamed? The term “persistent vegetative state” has long been used to describe patients who are awake but show no sign of awareness.… Read More »End of Life Issues Guide: Who is the Patient?
End of Life Issues Guide: Life and Death Decisions
Legislators Medical Policy Manual:Life and Death Decisions by Paul A. Byrne, M.D., FAAPWilliam F. Colliton, Jr., M.D., FACOGJoseph C. Evers, M.D., FAAPTimothy R. Fangman, M.D.Jerome… Read More »End of Life Issues Guide: Life and Death Decisions
End of Life Issues Guide: Decision Making by Patients
Advance Directives: Imperfect Guides The new federal “Patient Self-Determination Act,” which became effective December 1, has given new impetus to medical decision-making by way of… Read More »End of Life Issues Guide: Decision Making by Patients
End of Life Care: What should I ask my local hospice?
“Healing a person does not always mean curing a disease.” These words of hospice founder, Dr. Cicely Saunders, form the foundation for the hospice concept.… Read More »End of Life Care: What should I ask my local hospice?
End of Life Care: Should I sign a ‘living will’?
If you or a loved one have entered a health care facility in the last few years, chances are you’ve been asked to sign some… Read More »End of Life Care: Should I sign a ‘living will’?
End of Life Care: Are food and water ‘medicine’?
We can’t live without food and water. Our bodies rely on these basic essentials of life for survival. Think for a moment about a time… Read More »End of Life Care: Are food and water ‘medicine’?
End of Life Care: When is a person really dead?
There never used to be debate over when someone was dead. If there was no heartbeat, no breathing, and no response to stimulation or resuscitation… Read More »End of Life Care: When is a person really dead?
End of Life Care: The Ventilator
Life support: The ventilator By Paul A. Byrne, M.D. Breathing is something we do all the time, mostly without even thinking about it. We take… Read More »End of Life Care: The Ventilator