Death With Dignity

Death: The Final Word?

Robert V. Taylor | Posted 05.24.2012

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Robert V. Taylor

In spite of decades working with the dying and bereaved families, my familiarity with end-of-life choices, death and grief was now staring me in the face, reflecting the image of the woman who gave birth to me.

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A Dying Man's Last Wish: Change Our Laws

Pat LaMarche | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Physician-Assisted Suicide, Death With Dignity, Organ Donation, Assisted Suicide Laws, Politics News
Pat LaMarche

Curtis Johnson, a 55-year-old business man and educator who suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis otherwise known as ALS, finds that even though he lives in Washington he cannot get the assistance he needs to end his suffering when the time comes.

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What Dr. Peter Goodwin Taught Us About Death With Dignity

Felice Shapiro | Posted 04.09.2012

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Felice Shapiro

Mid-life presents a flood of issues that force us to deal individually with events not of our own making. However, we are on common ground as we all attempt to seek peace in the aftermath of a death.

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Peter Goodwin, Pioneer for Human Liberty

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.22.2012

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Eighteen years ago, Dr. Peter Goodwin led the fight to grant Oregonians the right to end-of-life choice. Terminally ill with a rare, fatal brain disease with no known cure, Peter exercised the right to a peaceful death he helped secure.

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Doctor Who Championed 'Death With Dignity' Dies At 83

Posted 03.14.2012

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By Anne Saker Religion News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Peter Goodwin, the first doctor in Oregon to campaign publicly for the terminally ill to ...

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Bishops Step Over the Line

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Catholic Hospital, Washington, Oregon, Barbara Coombs Lee, Providence Hospital, Catholic Bishops, Death With Dignity, Ethical and Religious Directives, Bill Moyers, Politics News
Barbara Coombs Lee

As with contraception, a free society must find the middle ground. Catholic Bishops must be free to exercise their religion, yet we cannot allow them to deny that same freedom to the rest of us.

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Death and Dying: Let's Change The Subject

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.14.2012

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Ann Brenoff

Aunt Sylvia is 96 years old and if you asked her, would tell you she would like to die.

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How Montana Is Revolutionizing The Movement For End-Of-Life Choice

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.15.2011

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Barbara Coombs Lee

The Montana experience is ongoing, with aid in dying governed by standards of practice and the same regulatory procedures as all medical care. Its impact will likely reach across our nation.

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Dogma vs. Dignity

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Gallup Poll, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Assisted Suicide, Usccb, Death With Dignity, Aid in Dying, Politics News
Barbara Coombs Lee

The choice of how to address suffering in a terminal illness must be the province of dying individuals themselves in consultation with their doctors, families, clergy and conscience.

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RIP Jack Kevorkian: Pioneer, Zealot, Dramatic Foil

Scott Swenson | Posted 08.03.2011

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Scott Swenson

His message was simple: in an increasingly mechanized and technological age, modern medicine is trapping many sick people in a life of suffering and torture that can be alleviated if they choose.

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Dying With Dignity In Oregon

Janice Van Dyck | Posted 07.22.2011

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Janice Van Dyck

Every day people die agonizing deaths from terminal illness. Every day their loved ones suffer with them.

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Japan: The Psychology Behind Dignity

Tijana Milosevic | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tijana Milosevic

I wonder whether dignity and pride, as perceived by the Japanese, might underlie seemingly disparate reactions to life hurdles.

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Signs of Hope in Western States

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Historically, end-of-life choice has suffered at the hands of politicians. The people's simple yearning for freedom and control at the end of life has been no match for the heavy hand of politicians.

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When the Politics of Death Lacks Dignity

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Death With Dignity, End of Life Consultations, End of Life Care, Death Panels, Health Care Reform, Death and Dying, Medicare, Obama Health Care, End of Life, Politics News
Scott Swenson

As frustrating as our broken political system is, when it comes to communicating complex ideas, just having the conversation is itself a victory.

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How Paul Steven Miller Showed Me How To Die

Michael Janofsky | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michael Janofsky

Paul was still the smartest one in the room. He was taking care of us as we were struggling to comfort him. He was showing us how to die -- with dignity, humility, courage and grace.

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Five States Give Patients Choice

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.17.2011

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Barbara Coombs Lee

"There's nothing more we can do." For too long, for too many, medical professionals have used these words when they believe they cannot cure their pa...

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Kevorkian Tells Gupta 'Death With Dignity' Laws Don't Go Far Enough, Doctors Should Administer Life-Ending Drugs

Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Jack Kevorkian believes laws that allow terminally-ill adults to end their lives by taking prescribed lethal doses of medicine are wrong because t...

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Why They Call Alzheimer's 'The Long Goodbye'

Fawn Germer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Living Will, Dying, Aging, Alzheimer's, Dying With Dignity, The Will to Live, Living Wills, Death With Dignity, The Long Goodbye, Dealing With Alzheimer's, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Fawn Germer

Alzheimer's Disease is a cruel insult to anyone who suffers its indignity. This is the last, lingering chapter in a story that began with my mom's paralyzing stroke 19 years ago.

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Why Euthanasia Is Going to Be Legal Someday

Bryan Cones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bryan Cones

British scientists have discovered "cognition" in a vegetative patient. This may encourage some at the "natural death" end of the pro-life spectrum. But I find it more to be a sign of our cultural denial of death than an affirmation of life.

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Ruth Proskauer Smith's Death Honors the Life she Led

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Coombs Lee

Ruth Proskauer Smith, a friend and an activist for individual autonomy, died last night, closing her life in the manner she had wished for, planned fo...

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Lunatic Fringe

Lance Simmens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lance Simmens

The fringe elements, carefully nurtured by fear, hatred, mistrust, and fitful bouts of fantasy are positioning the conservative opposition into a death spiral

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Far-Right Fearmongering on Death is Nothing New

Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terri Schiavo, Health Care Reform, Death Panel, Death With Dignity, President Obama, Sarah Palin, Death, Health, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Why is it that in life's most personal and private moments--sexuality, conception, birth and the dying process--the party that says it governs least always governs most?

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Nobody Gets Arrested for Assisted Suicide in Oregon

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom D'Antoni

Thankfully, none of us in Oregon have to face either arrest nor a terribly painful lingering death if we don't want to. The voters twice agreed to our Death with Dignity law.

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

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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