The GIRL with the DNR TATTOO
If you are in Minneapolis on November 10, check out "The GIRL with the DNR TATTOO" by Nneka Sederstrom, the head of ethics at Chil...
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Establishing New Rights: A Look at Aid in Dying
Here is the schedule for the University of New Mexico aid in dying conference next month.
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Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision Making
Check out this new 368-page book from Rabbi Jason Weiner: Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision Making. Due to rapid advances in the...
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India Supreme Court Declares Right to Privacy
This week, the Supreme Court of India ruled that privacy is a fundamental right. While not framed as a right to die case, at least one conc...
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Most Healthcare Surrogates Still Doing a BAD, BAD Job
Rohit Devnani Numerous studies for decades have demonstrated that surrogates fail to make the same healthcare decisions that patients would...
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What is Bioethics for Thaddeus Pope?
The University of Minnesota did these nice summary slides of all the bioethics faculty and affiliate faculty for use at the State Fair this ...
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Stop Hospital Euthanasia
Stop Hospital Euthanasia is a new volunteer organization led by people who had a loved one euthanized against their loved one's express...
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Establishing New Rights: A Look at Aid in Dying
Join me in at the University of New Mexico Law School in Albuquerque on September 23 for "Establishing New Rights: A Look at Aid in D...
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Nominate this Blog for Best Legal Blog Contest
If you have found this blog useful, please nominate it for The Expert Institute's Best Legal Blog Contest . From now until September 1...
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The Good Death Society Blog
Final Exit Network launched a blog, yesterday. It is called The Good Death Society Blog . The first article is a hefty 1300-word essay abou...
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Faith and Morality and Medical Aid in Dying (Minnesota)
Join Compassion and Choices Minnesota on October 5 for Rev. Dr. Ignacio Castuera , Pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Pomona, Ca...
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Dementia Exit Options - Challenges of Advance VSED
Can you leave enforceable instructions for VSED in an advance directive? JoNel Aleccia (Kaiser Health News) addresses t his question in a ...
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New Legal Guidelines for Determination of Brain Death
My analysis of Nevada's recent and unique amendment to the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) is now online first at the Journal...
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Hospice Compare - New Medicare Quality Scores Tool
This week, Medicare launched a new website called Hospice Compare . Scores reveal the percentage of patients who: Were checked for pain at t...
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Texas Outlaws DNR Orders Written without Consent
The Texas Legislature has passed and the Governor has signed S.B.11. This effectively bans non-consensual DNR orders. Look for my analysi...
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An Evening with Ira Byock - 20th Anniversary of "Dying Well"
Register at End of Life University for An Evening with Ira Byock - 20th Anniversary of "Dying Well" on Monday, August 21, 2017.
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Quinlan at 40: Exploring the Right to Die in the U.S.
In November 2016, the Georgia State University College of Law hosted a symposium : "Quinlan at 40: Exploring the Right to Die in the U....
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Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Better Medical Decision Making for Incapacitated Patients without Healthcare Surrogates
The Georgia State University Law Review has posted a PDF of my new 98-page article, "Unbefriended and Unrepresented: Better Medical De...
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Minnesota Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD)� Lessons Learned in Oregon and Colorado
Join me on Friday, September 29 for "Minnesota Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD)� Lessons Learned in Oregon and Colorado."
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570,000 Use Medicare Coverage for Advance Care Planning
Data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows that more than 570,000 beneficiaries used advance care planning appointments...
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Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities - 20 Years Later
20 years ago, the Presidential Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry released its report Consu...
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Potentially Inappropriate Care in the ICU (video)
A few weeks ago, Emory posted this video of Gabe Bosslet discussing "Potentially Inappropriate Care in the ICU." This is a great o...
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Health Law Workshops at Harvard Law School
I am delighted to participate in this year's Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics Workshop at Harvard Law School. The works...
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British Columbia Court of Appeal Tosses Unwanted Treatment Claim
I have recently highlighted ( here and here and here ) the growing success of legal claims when clinicians administer unwanted life-susta...
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Variability in the Initiation of Resuscitation Attempts by Emergency Medical Services Personnel during out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest.
Variability in ICU treatment has been well documented . In contrast, I had understood that EMS resuscitated and transported everyone who wa...
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Jahi McMath - Impact Even if the Lawsuit Fails
Jahi McMath continues to litigate medical malpractice claims against the Oakland healthcare providers who treated her in 2013. In July, th...
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Festival of Death and Dying
In contemporary Western culture death and dying are generally regarded as something to fight against, deny, hide from public view and above ...
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Choosing To Die, Right Or Wrong? With Phyllis Shacter (Death Hangout)
The podcast series Death Hangout recently featured Phyllis Shacter on VSED. Phyllis is the author of the book, Choosing to Die . The book i...
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Texas Advance Directives Act - Broad Alliance Files Amicus Brief Defending TADA Constitutionality
Kelly v Methodist Hospital challenges the constitutionality of the Texas Advance Directives Act. The case is getting ready for trial in Harr...
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Alabama Warden Directed Clinicians to Withdraw Inmate's Life Support - Federal Court Allows 8th Amendment Claim
Marquette F. Cummings, Jr. was an inmate at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama. He was seriously stabbed in the eye and...
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Alberta Tribunal Decision Approves Unilateral DNAR Order
A recent decision from Alberta highlights some differences between Alberta and Ontario regarding the need for clinicians to obtain consent ...
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2nd Biennial Kaiser Permanente National Bioethics Symposium - Social Justice, Vulnerable Populations, and Bias
This November join Kaiser Permanente for its 2nd Biennial National Bioethics Symposium - Social Justice, Vulnerable Populations, and Bias.
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Choosing Wisely in Intensive Care Medicine - DGIM Recommendations
The German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM) has released recommendations for intensive care medicine. Among their positive recommendati...
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How Often Is End-of-Life Care in the United States Inconsistent with Patients' Goals of Care?
How Often Is End-of-Life Care in the United States Inconsistent with Patients' Goals of Care? A new article in the Journal of Palliativ...
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UK Courts Again Overrule Parents, Authorizing Clinicians to Withhold Treatment, Citing Gard
At the end of June, Mr. Justice Baker of the High Court of Justice Family Division cited the Gard case in making a similar ruling . HK was a...
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