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Terminally Ill

When the End Is Near, What Really Matters?

Marie Marley | Posted 01.05.2013 | Fifty
Marie Marley

I felt as if ordering hospice care for Ed would be tantamount to signing his death warrant.

Terminally Ill Woman's Father Ok'ed As Health Proxy

AP | Posted 12.10.2012 | New York

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A judge has given his blessing to an arrangement that ends a legal dispute between a terminally ill New York woman and her paren...

"Desperate Housewives" Alum Gives Terminally Ill Kids 'One Enchanted Weekend' (EXCLUSIVE)

The Huffington Post | Lee Hernandez | Posted 08.03.2012 | Latino Voices

"Desperate Housewives" alum Maiara Walsh wants to give kids the world. The half-Brazilian actress, who is best known for her role as Ana Solis, Ev...

Making Final Arrangements for a Terminally-Ill Loved One

Marie Marley | Posted 09.26.2012 | Fifty
Marie Marley

It's painful to think about a loved one's eventual passing, but it's important to make the arrangements sooner rather than later.

Can Compassionate Release of California's Terminally Ill Prison Inmates Work?

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 08.13.2012 | Crime
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

The answer to this question depends greatly on one factor that I haven't found mentioned in discussions concerning California's SB 1462, which would allow early release for inmates with a prognosis of 6 months or less.

Why I Considered Assisted Suicide

Hillary St. Pierre | Posted 08.09.2011 | Healthy Living
Hillary St. Pierre

Everything had been taken from me: I could not walk more than a few steps, I could not breathe without oxygen, I could no longer play with my son or do the things I loved.

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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...

The Inauguration Through the Eyes of the Dying

John H. Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
John H. Tucker

Bed-stricken and artificially oxygenated, tied down by tubular shackles and chains, these determined men and women see Jan. 20 not simply as Inauguration Day, but as a finish line.