Barbara Coombs Lee

Healthcare Reform and the Price of Torture

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home


Barbara Coombs Lee

In this country we usually torture people before we allow them to die of whatever is killing them --- cancer, emphysema, the multi-organ failure of di...

AMA Opposition and the Path Ahead

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics


Barbara Coombs Lee

With so many doctors supporting it, who stands against empowering dying patients? Four hundred thirty physicians in the AMA House of Delegates who craft its policy.

Patient-Centered Principles Cause a Stir

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living


Barbara Coombs Lee

Changing the focus from the disease to the person who has the disease would create radical change indeed.

New HHS "Conscience" Rule Jeopardizes End-of-Life Pain Care

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics


Barbara Coombs Lee

This ill-conceived rule will surely obstruct and delay good care in many instances, increasing the suffering of dying patients and their loved ones.