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Compassion Choices

The Conversation

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Patients who had talked with their doctors experienced a more peaceful, pain-free end of life than those tethered to the tubes and machines meant to extend their lives.

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

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death With Dignity, Barbara Coombs Lee, Compassion & Choices, Right to Know End of Life Options Act, Health and Human Services, Health, Politics News
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.

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