Critical Discussion about Planned Death

Over at KevinMD, Tom Schaaf and Hope Wechkin write: "As medical technology, law, and ethics evolve, so too must our understanding and discussion of the considerations that surface when the mysteries of death give way to an acknowledgment of the control we often have over its timing."

They preview some of the issues we will discuss at next month's 2-day conference in Seattle: "At the End of Life: Agency, Role and Responsibilities of the Physician/Advanced Practitioner."