Medical Futility Jury Trial Begins against Hospital that Stopped Life Support without Consent

It is rare for any medical malpractice case to reach a jury. Most are settled or dismissed at earlier stages of litigation.  It is even rare...

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Kaiser Health News - Advance Care Planning Panel

It was a pleasure to be included on this panel , this afternoon, to discuss advance care planning at Kaiser Health News.

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VSED Resources at Sterbefasten

The German website sterbefasten.org continues to grow as a great collection of resources on VSED.   It includes consumer-facing FAQs, numer...

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Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking Among Patients with Serious Advanced Illness�Clinical, Ethical, and Legal Aspects

Check out my latest article just published in JAMA Internal Medicine with Tim Quill, Bob Truog, and Linda Ganzini: "Voluntarily Stoppi...

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Defining Hope - Film Explore Weighing End of Life Options

A new film released in November 2017, " Defining Hope " explores eight patients with life-threatening diseases and the nurses that...

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Girl with the DNR Tattoo

Come discuss advance directives with Nneka Sederstrom at the University of Minnesota on  November 10 .

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New Constitutional Court Attack on Brain Death

Humber River Hospital (Toronto) Shalom Ouanounou was declared dead in late September. But his family is asking a Toronto court for an injun...

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