My Brother’s Keeper – the Beginning of the End
Do you know what can go wrong without advance directives and an end-of-life plan? You have NO IDEA. (Continue reading ...)
As a Disabled Person, Autonomy Over My Healthcare Is Paramount
People with disabilities speak up for MAiD; some “rights” groups would deny them choice. (Continue reading ...)
Is a ‘Completed Life’ Completely Sufficient for Checking Out?
With all the ways to improve MAiD, should RTD advocates be concerned about healthy seniors who say, "I’ve lived long enough?" (Continue reading ...)
My 92-Year-Old Father Didn’t Need More Medical Care
Ordering more tests and surgeries for dying patients is easy. Getting them the end-of-life care they deserve takes much more effort. (Continue reading ...)
How Hope Can Cause Harm at the End of Life
Having hope as death nears is not always helpful – not if it’s delusionary and detracts from positive end-of-life attitudes and actions. (Continue reading ...)
The “Shell Game” is Deadly Serious, and Fraught With Room for Mistakes
When dementia looms, how do you define ‘guideposts’ to signal: Enough is enough? (Continue reading ...)
Avoid becoming a victim of the U.S. end-of-life care system: Choose wisely
American healthcare is supposed to help. At end of life, too often it victimizes us. (Continue reading ...)
Why can’t death be fun? There is nothing silly about the answer, according to ‘Patch’ Adams.
“Let’s stop fearing death and transform it into an experience that could bring us closer together as a family,” writes the real “Patch” Adams. “Let’s have a fun death.” (Continue reading ...)
An iconic physician advocate, made famous by Hollywood, reflects upon ‘Fun Death’
“Must we buy into the Grim Reaper routine? Are we not free to choose how we look at death?” Read what the real Patch Adams believes. (Continue reading ...)
Does MAiD target disabled people? Dr. B.J. Miller reflects on the challenges.
In the second of a two-part blog, a renowned EOL healthcare reformer (a triple amputee) talks to Final Exit Network about the thorny nexus between Medical Aid in Dying and the profound challenges faced by disabled people. (Continue reading ...)