http://patientchoices.org Patient Choices at End of Life - Vermont Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:17:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://patientchoices.org/news/herald-commentary-giving-terminal-patients-a-choice/ http://patientchoices.org/news/herald-commentary-giving-terminal-patients-a-choice/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:27:28 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1190 Published in the Rutland Herald Sen. Dick McCormack Published: February 19, 2012 It’s striking that opponents of patient control of dying never respond to the argument that end-of-life decisions should be made by dying people themselves rather than the government. This argument deserves a response, but opponents rely on peripheral arguments, avoiding the central issues of freedom and compassion. [...] Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/herald-commentary-giving-terminal-patients-a-choice/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/front-page/how-to-die-in-oregon-now-available-on-dvd/ http://patientchoices.org/front-page/how-to-die-in-oregon-now-available-on-dvd/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:57:59 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1186 Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/front-page/how-to-die-in-oregon-now-available-on-dvd/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/news/times-argus-lte-support-this-bill/ http://patientchoices.org/news/times-argus-lte-support-this-bill/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:23:22 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1181 Barre-Montpelier Times Argus Ann T. Stone, Montpelier [...] Shouldn’t a person’s choices about the end of his or her life be their own? And shouldn’t their decisions be free of government interference? The answer to both is yes. I’m a nonagenarian (90-plus) and statistics suggest that I will be facing these decisions sooner than most. [...] Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/times-argus-lte-support-this-bill/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/news/part-3-in-wcax-series-on-right-to-die-legislation/ http://patientchoices.org/news/part-3-in-wcax-series-on-right-to-die-legislation/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:36:45 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1184 Video and transcript at WCAX Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/part-3-in-wcax-series-on-right-to-die-legislation/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-right-to-die-part-2/ http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-right-to-die-part-2/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:17:16 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1179 Video and transcript at WCAX Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-right-to-die-part-2/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-right-to-die-part-1/ http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-right-to-die-part-1/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:27:20 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1177 Video and transcript at WCAX Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-right-to-die-part-1/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-the-right-to-die-this-week-on-channel-3-news/ http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-the-right-to-die-this-week-on-channel-3-news/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:48:08 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1173 Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/wcax-the-right-to-die-this-week-on-channel-3-news/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/news/vt-news-guide-lte-death-with-dignity/ http://patientchoices.org/news/vt-news-guide-lte-death-with-dignity/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:47:11 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1169 Vermont News Guide Doris Bass, Bondville [...] The Death With Dignity bill would allow a person with a terminal illness to received medical assistance in ending his life at the time of his/her choosing. As a young child I watched my father die a long and lingering and excruciatingly painful death. A few years ago I saw my son linger on for months, not in pain-- but not living either since he was medicated into semi-consciousness. I heard from both of them, with their awareness of impending death , how much they wished to be able to choose when it was time to pull the plug. [...] Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/vt-news-guide-lte-death-with-dignity/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/news/zocalo-nexus-how-doctors-die/ http://patientchoices.org/news/zocalo-nexus-how-doctors-die/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:03:32 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1167 Read the full story on Zócalo, with over 540 comments from other doctors and people with moving end-of-life stories Read "How doctors die, cont’d.", a short follow-up from Sarah Kliff in a Washington Post blog by Ken Murray - 11/30/11 [...] It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. For all the time they spend fending off the deaths of others, they tend to be fairly serene when faced with death themselves. They know exactly what is going to happen, they know the choices, and they generally have access to any sort of medical care they could want. But they go gently. [...] Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/zocalo-nexus-how-doctors-die/feed/ 0 http://patientchoices.org/news/valley-news-lte-its-my-body-and-my-life/ http://patientchoices.org/news/valley-news-lte-its-my-body-and-my-life/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:53:58 +0000 admin http://patientchoices.org/?p=1162 Continue reading →]]> http://patientchoices.org/news/valley-news-lte-its-my-body-and-my-life/feed/ 0