Medical Aid in Dying – Page 5 – The Good Death Society Blog

March 26, 2023March 22, 2023

Quality Of Life At The End Of Life

The lawsuit does not attack the right of patients to access medical aid in dying, which is the heart of the bill. Rather, it challenges provisions of the law that require providers to inform patients of the availability of medical aid in dying, and to refer those patients to a willing provider if the patient’s primary provider is unable or is unwilling for any reason. (Continue reading ...)

February 5, 2023February 1, 2023

Older, White and More Educated People Choose Medical Aid in Dying

“You have to be well connected within a network of doctors or skilled in researching such matters, and that’s one possible explanation of why well-educated people are disproportionately represented in our findings.” (Continue reading ...)

January 29, 2023January 28, 2023

Whose Death Is It, Anyway?

Unconscious, Michael lingered for hours. His waiting children had no one to call for advice, but Michael had left instructions for this eventuality. Sobbing, his son Bill lovingly carried out his father’s wishes. (Continue reading ...)

January 8, 2023January 11, 2023

Times to Have “The Conversation”

“The rest is up to you,” he finally said, ending the conversation for good. He didn’t have any more guidance, and certainly no more patience to talk about it. I was surprised. To me, it felt slightly irresponsible to leave all these decisions to other people. (Continue reading ...)

December 4, 2022December 8, 2022

Psychosocial Reasons For Hastening Death

Recognizing the importance of psychosocial factors to those considering a hastened death led FEN to more explicitly recognize the importance of psychosocial factors when evaluating an applicant’s medical records. By making psychosocial factors more explicit in our criteria, we honor what truly matters to those who reach out to us. (Continue reading ...)

November 27, 2022November 23, 2022

What Is A “Dignified” Death?

There are so many ways do die with dignity – we can’t let the word “dignity” be hijacked to the service of just one way of dying. (Continue reading ...)

October 30, 2022October 26, 2022

Sharing VSED Resources In My Community

VSED might not be for everyone, but it is the only chance for some to experience an end to unbearable suffering. Done with careful preparation, medical support, and compassionate caregiving, VSED offers a natural end to life. (Continue reading ...)

October 23, 2022October 19, 2022

Growing Towards VSED

In 2019, three community women asked to meet with me about a compelling community education concern. The spouses of these women had all struggled to use the VSED end-of-life option because our county’s only hospital, and associated hospice program, had religious affiliations and, therefore, was unable to support VSED. (Continue reading ...)

October 16, 2022October 17, 2022

Jean Had Both Alzheimer’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia … And a GOOD DEATH

After he died, Jean and her sister both looked at one other and said, “That’s how I’m going to die.” (Continue reading ...)

September 25, 2022September 23, 2022

Colombia Continues to Advance the Right of the End-of-Life Choice

“We reached the goal for patients like me, who aren’t terminal but degenerative, to win this battle, a battle that opens the doors for the other patients who come after me." (Continue reading ...)

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