Disability

Feb 06

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My 92-Year-Old Father Didn’t Need More Medical Care

By Ezekiel J. Emanuel | Advance Directives, Choice, Dementia, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-life care, Hospice, Mental Illness, Paliative Care, Suffering and Death, Surrogate, The Right to Die | 4 Comments

Ordering more tests and surgeries for dying patients is easy. Getting them the end-of-life care they deserve takes much more effort.

Jan 23

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How Hope Can Cause Harm at the End of Life

By Karen Wyatt | Choice, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Grief, Hospice, Paliative Care, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, The Right to Die | 4 Comments

Having hope as death nears is not always helpful – not if it’s delusionary and detracts from positive end-of-life attitudes and actions.

Jan 16

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The “Shell Game” is Deadly Serious, and Fraught With Room for Mistakes

By Susan Robinson | Advance Directives, Choice, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Paliative Care, Proxy, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, Surrogate, The Right to Die, VSED | 10 Comments

When dementia looms, how do you define ‘guideposts’ to signal: Enough is enough?

Jan 09

2

Avoid becoming a victim of the U.S. end-of-life care system: Choose wisely

By David Wilcox | Advance Directives, Choice, Dementia, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-life care, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Proxy, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, Surrogate | 8 Comments

American healthcare is supposed to help. At end of life, too often it victimizes us.

Dec 26

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Why can’t death be fun? There is nothing silly about the answer, according to ‘Patch’ Adams.

By Hunter (Patch) Adams | Choice, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Paliative Care, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 2 Comments

“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.”

Dec 19

6

An iconic physician advocate, made famous by Hollywood, reflects upon ‘Fun Death’

By Hunter (Patch) Adams | Choice, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Paliative Care, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 12 Comments

“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.

Dec 05

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Does MAiD target disabled people? Dr. B.J. Miller reflects on the challenges.

By BJ Miller | Choice, Disability, Discrimination, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Hospice, Medical Aid in Dying, Not Dead Yet, Paliative Care, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 2 Comments

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.

Nov 21

2

What I Did for Love

By Jim Van Buskirk and Jim Mitulski | AIDS, Assisted Suicide, Choice, Death With Dignity Act, Derek Humphry, Disability, DNR, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Grief, Medical Aid in Dying, Religion, Right-to-Die Laws, Spirituality, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 6 Comments

A cache of old videos recalls the height of the AIDS crisis and its critical, emotional nexus with the developing right-to-die movement.

Oct 31

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Is There an “Epidemic” of Suicide Among the Elderly?

By Ruth Dixon-Mueller | Choice, Dementia, Disability, Dying, End-of-life care, Final Exit Network, Medical Aid in Dying, Mental Illness, Right-to-Die Laws, Suffering and Death, Suicide, The Right to Die | 11 Comments

If we believe much of what we read, suicide by U.S. seniors is running rampant. Don’t believe it. Some of those “suicidal” folks are making rational decisions to retire from a life well lived that is no longer worth extending.

Oct 24

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