Saturday, July 12, 2014

International Conference on End of Life: Law, Ethics, Policy, and Practice

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Check out this amazing program, next month, for the International Conference on End of Life: Law, Ethics, Policy, and Practice . ...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Nominate the Medical Futility Blog

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If you read this blog, I could use your help.  The American Bar Association is starting to consider which law blogs will make its 8th Annual...
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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Moral Distress Education Project

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Medical futility disputes have been repeatedly measured as one of the biggest causes of moral distress, especially among nurses. The Unive...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Understanding Cultural Diversity at End-of-Life - New eBook

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Passare, an end-of-life planning company, has released its fifteenth eBook titled "Understanding Cultural Diversity at End-of-Life....
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Monday, July 7, 2014

Palliative Care - An Illustrated Story

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Check out this new 5 page illustrated story about Palliative Care by Isabella Bannerman . Here is just the first of the 5 pages.   ...
Friday, July 4, 2014

Louisville Judge Orders Kosair Children's Hospital to Continue Ventilating Brain Dead Child

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Juan Alejandro Rosales Lopez is behind bars, accused of criminal abuse.  Police contend that Lopez caused his 2-month-old son, Isaac, severe...
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POLST Introduces No New Risks

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This week, the LA Times published an op-ed opposing POLST.  The writer, Ben Mattlin, concedes that "the attention being given to end-o...
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Global Institute for Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC)

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This week, the University of Toronto and the University Health Network (UHN) launched a new institute dedicated to end-of-life issues and t...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Ten Common Questions (and Their Answers) on Medical Futility [Video]

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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Lawyers & Clinicians: Ethical Obligations to Older Adult Clients & Patients

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Unbefriended Elderly: Making Medical Treatment Decisions for Patients without Surrogates

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Call for Papers AALS Joint Program Section on Aging and the Law  ●  Section on Law, Medicine, and Health Care 2015 AALS Annual Meet...

Sad, Sad State of Medical Informed Consent

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This photograph "After a Flash Flood, Rancho Mirage" could be a great metaphor for the state of informed consent.   We have loft...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

One Chance to Get It Right: Improving People’s Experience of Care in the Last Few Days and Hours of Life

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The Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People has just released a 168-page report : One Chance to Get It Right: Improving People’s Ex...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

A Good Death: A Reflection on Ombudsman Complaints

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The Irish Office of the Ombudsman has just released a new report:   A Good Death: A Reflection on Ombudsman Complaints . The report covers...