Friday, April 4, 2025

Michigan Woman Faked Advance Directive to Pull Life Support

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Continuing an alarming nationwide trend of similar cases, a Michigan woman faked an advance directive  to direct withholding / withdrawing o...

9th Advance Care Planning International Conference​

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The 9th Advance Care Planning International Conference (ACP-i) will be ​on the Gold Coast Australia – 24-26th September 2025. Register here ...
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Bioethics in 2035 - More MAID, More AI-Assisted Decision Making, and More Legislative Interference

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Earlier this month, I addressed what healthcare ethics would look like in 10 years, in 2035. Here is a video of the session on YouTube . Thi...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

VSED Bridge to MAID - Does It Happen? Can It Happen?

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 I published three articles defending VSED as a bridge to MAID. Patients with Dementia Using VSED to Qualify for MAID , 2(1) JOURNAL OF AID ...

Medical Aid in Dying Compliance with Federal Law - 9th Circuit Oral Arguments

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Here is a video of the recent arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on whether the California End of Life Option...

End of Life Law Certificate

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Queen’s Law has launched the End-of-Life Law Certificate , its latest program for professionals in both legal and non-legal fields. This fou...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

International Conference on Assisted Dying and Other End of Life Care (ICEL5)

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Get ICEL5 on your calendar. The leading experts on MAID from around the world all in one place. 

Barbara Swartz Annual Lecture - MAID in New York

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I am delighted to deliver the 10th annual Barbara Swartz Annual Lecture on May 1, 2025. Register here . This is a free event open to the pub...

Making Medical Treatment Decisions for Unrepresented Older Adults: Updates to the AGS Position Statement

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I am excited to engage on one of my favorite topics at the May 2025 American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago: deci...
Monday, March 31, 2025

International Conference on Assisted Dying & Other End of Life Care (ICEL5)

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The Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) invites you to attend the International Conference on Assisted Dying and Other End of ...

VSED, End-of-Life Nutrition & Hydration (podcast)

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In this podcast with death doula Jill McClennen, hospice chaplain Hank Dunn discusses VSED and other end-of-life nutrition and hydration is...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

VSED Advance Directives for Dementia: Are They Legal and Implementable? Is There a Middle Ground

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Join me at the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network Annual Forum in Minneapolis on April 28-29, 2025. We will be presenting VS...
Saturday, March 29, 2025

VSED & MAID at Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care

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Next week is the 2025 conference of the Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care (MNHPC). Remarkably, there is a keynote session ...

VSED to Avoid Late-Stage Dementia - "Herself to the End" Book

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In response to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, Joan Cenedella, a courageous local woman, chose to end her life by voluntarily stopping eating an...