Oktober 2017

Advance Care Planning: What You Need To Know Now

Unknown Selasa, 31 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Medical Edit

Planning for end-of-life medical care can be daunting and uncomfortable, which is why so many people put it off � or don�t do it at all. Joi...

3D Printable Euthanasia Machine - Sarco

Unknown Senin, 30 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Philip Nitschke has apparently invented a 3D printable euthanasia machine. Access to the machine � the Sarco capsule � will be by completing...

Going It Alone: Unbefriended Older Adults in Long Term Care

Unknown Minggu, 29 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Carole Estabrooks The brainXchange as a free webinar on unrepresented patients in long term care on Tuesday, October 31. Long term care res...

Train Your Healthcare Surrogate (Roseville, MN)

Unknown Sabtu, 28 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

The Roseville Library is the busiest one in Minnesota. Come next Saturday to learn what your healthcare agent must know.

Charlie Gard Webinar with Dominic Wilkinson

Unknown Jumat, 27 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Tune in on Monday, October 30 for the latest in the excellent (and free) Children's Mercy webinar series when Dominic Wilkinson discus...

Medical Futility Conflicts - Theory v. Practice

Unknown Kamis, 26 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Medical Edit

I recently participated in a multi-session retrospective review of how a healthcare facility implemented its medical futility policy. It rem...

Jahi McMath - 17th Birthday (4th Since Being Declared Dead)

Unknown Selasa, 24 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Jahi McMath turns 17 years old today. She was declared dead in December 2013. She was 13 years old at the time. Since then, her organs ha...

Minnesota Surrogate Decision Making

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I am polishing my description and assessment of Minnesota surrogate decision making for the Fall Aging Conference on Thursday.

Nancy Cruzan - 30 Year Anniversary (Oct. 23, 2017)

Unknown Senin, 23 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Today is the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Nancy Cruzan case. Four years after the accident, with no hope of recovery in sight,...

Court Orders Hospital to "Treat" Dead Patient for Over 1 Month

Unknown Minggu, 22 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

In the latest of a growing line of clinician - family conflicts over brain death, a Toronto court has ordered Brampton Civic Hospital to con...

"What Do You Mean I Cannot Consent For My Grandmother's Medical Procedure?": Key Issues With State Default Surrogate Decision Making Laws

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Amber Comer and colleagues at Indiana University have a new study out today showing the many serious gaps and problems with state default s...

Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) to Hasten Death: May Clinicians Legally Support Patients to VSED?

Unknown Jumat, 20 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

My latest piece on VSED is available today from BMC Medicine . ABSTRACT - Jox and colleagues recently compared and contrasted two leading ...

Dying in the Americas 2018

Unknown Kamis, 19 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Join me at "Dying in the Americas 2018" from March 21-25, 2018 in Henderson, Nevada. Be a part of the change that is taking place ...

Brain Death Conflict - Taquisha Desirae McKitty

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On September 14, 2017, 27-year old Taquisha Desirae McKitty was brought to Brampton Civic Hospital suffering from a drug overdose. After si...

12% of Patients Receive �Futile" Treatment

Unknown Senin, 16 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Hannah Carter A new Australian study determined that 12% of end-of-life treatment was "futile" as determined by a consensus of cl...

NJ Judge Recognizes Cause of Action for Wrongful Prolongation of Life

Unknown Minggu, 15 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Earlier this year, I argued that courts are becoming more receptive to tort claims when clinicians administer life-sustaining treatments co...

Charlie Gard Redux - Isaiah Hasstrup and Pediatric Medical Futility Conflicts in London

Unknown Sabtu, 14 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Clinicians at King's College Hospital say that giving further intensive care treatment to seven-month-old Isaiah Haastrup is "futi...

Two New Medical Futility Cases in Canada

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Hassan Rasouli After the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Rasouli, clinicians across Canada have generally been "chilled"...

ASBH 2017 - Law Sessions

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Join me on Saturday, October 21 at 12:45p in Empire C for "Effecting Change, Impacting Policy." In this tumultuous political clima...

Principles and Practice of Bioethics and End-of-Life Care for Patients with Dementia (Roseville, MN)

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Check out this free CEU seminar with Vic Sandler. I have had the pleasure of serving on the University of Minnesota Hospital Ethics Committ...

Third Biennial Conference of Philosophy of Death & Dying

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The call for abstracts is open for the Third Biennial Conference of Philosophy of Death & Dying, August 8-10, 2018, in Uppsala, Sweden....

New Lawsuit for Non-consensual Removal of Life Support

Unknown Kamis, 12 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Most lawsuits between families and clinicians concerning life-sustaining treatment are for injunctions. The family wants to keep the patient...

Are Advance Directives Safe Enough? Top Court to Decide

Unknown Rabu, 11 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Asking whether a healthcare tool or intervention is "safe" almost always really means asking if it is "safe enough." Fi...

Medical Futility Blog Surpasses 3 MILLION Pageviews

Unknown Senin, 09 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Medical Edit

The Medical Futility Blog has surpassed 3 million pageviews. This number does not even include all the pageviews on syndicated sites like W...

ACHIEVING A PEACEFUL DEATH: What We've Learned in 30 Years, Including Dementia

Unknown Minggu, 08 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Health Edit

Check out this end-of-life policy conference on November 4, 2017 that celebrates the 30-year anniversary of the Hemlock Society of San Dieg...

End-of-Life Care Patient Decision Aids - Call for Submissions for Certification

Unknown Sabtu, 07 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Health Edit

The Washington State Health Care Authority is now accepting submissions to certify a third round of patient decision aids. The call is for ...

Defendants to Physically Examine Jahi McMath to Confirm Brain Death

Unknown Jumat, 06 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Health Edit

In late September 2017, five defendants and the plaintiff filed case management statements in Jahi McMath's medical malpractice lawsuit...

Israel Stinson - Court Dismisses Constitutional Challenge to Uniform Determination of Death Act

Unknown Kamis, 05 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Israel Stinson was determined dead in April 2016. But his parents disputed both the accuracy of that diagnosis and the legitimacy of the man...

Court Excludes Key Witness from Medical Futility Trial

Unknown Selasa, 03 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Edit

Judge Paul Kurmay on right The family of Helen Marsala continues its medical futility lawsuit against Yale New Haven Hospital. This action e...

Minnesota Fall Aging Conference

Unknown Senin, 02 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Health Edit

Join me later this month at the Minnesota Fall Aging Conference .

Michigan May Join "Red Light" States that Prohibit Stopping Life-Sustaining Treatments without Consent

Unknown Minggu, 01 Oktober 2017 Add Comment Health Edit

On Thursday, Michigan state Senator John Proos introduced a bill that would make Michigan the latest in a growing list of states that prohib...