http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:39 EST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/dying-with-dignity.php End of Life Care Not Dead Yet Responds to Report of the Quebec Commission on the Issue of Dying With Dignity - Disability rights advocates from Not Dead Yet react to the Report of the Commission on the Issue of Dying With Dignity in Quebec, Canada, noting that it contains some positive measures as well as fatal flaws. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:04:16 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/dying-with-dignity.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/prosecution.php End of Life Care Disability rights activists from Not Dead Yet of Georgia, Georgia ADAPT and Disabled Queers in Action will attend oral argument in the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday, November 7 at 10:00 a.m. in Atlanta. Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:00:57 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/prosecution.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/discussions.php End of Life Care Discussing and documenting patients' preferences for care at the end of life does not cause them any harm, contrary to recent claims. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:50:42 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/discussions.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/words.php End of Life Care Tools for End-of-Life Discussion: Finding the Words, Dosing the Drugs - Selecting treatments based on heart failure patient's goals. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:21:14 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/words.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/supportive.php End of Life Care Pacific NW More Supportive of End-of-Life Care Options Than Other Americans. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:42:38 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/supportive.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/polst-program.php End of Life Care AARP reports on an Oregon creation to help patients with advanced illness: the Polst Program. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:14:55 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/polst-program.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/care-programs.php End of Life Care Children with life-threatening illnesses receive hospital-based palliative care services for an average of more than a year, far longer than adults who require similar end-of-life support. Tue, 10 May 2011 06:31:17 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/care-programs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/eol-care.php End of Life Care Public Awareness about End-of-Life Care is Essential and Must Not be Discouraged - New Report Outlines Progress Made and Issues Call to Action. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:10:28 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/eol-care.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/say.php End of Life Care Americans Have a Voice in Their End-of-Life Health Care Treatment - National Healthcare Decisions Day Urges Americans to Make Their Wishes Known April 16. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:07:58 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/say.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/dying-patients.php End of Life Care Idaho Senate Passes Bill To Force Dying Patients To Go Doc Shopping - AARP Deeply Disappointed as Legislation Complicating End-of-Life Care Heads to Gov. - Takes Roll Call on Bill to 180,000 Members. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:47:53 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/dying-patients.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/end-of-life-care.php End of Life Care New Hospice Foundation of America Program Looks at Veterans and End-of-Life Care. Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:10:17 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/end-of-life-care.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/lgbt-community.php End of Life Care New Hospice Foundation of America Program Focuses on Aging and End-of-Life Challenges in the LGBT Community. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:00:21 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/lgbt-community.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/dying-dignity-billboards.php End of Life Care Final Exit Network Die with Dignity Billboards Continue in Washington D.C., Baltimore and South Florida. Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:22:45 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/dying-dignity-billboards.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/quality-of-death.php End of Life Care United States Tied for 9th Place in Economist Intelligence Unit's First Ever Global 'Quality of Death' Index - In many nations, standards of end-of-life care suffer from inadequate policy, high costs, cultural barriers and poor access to painkillers. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:40:46 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/quality-of-death.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/end-of-life.php End of Life Care End-of-life care in teaching hospital is generally of good quality - But more family communication is needed, study finds. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:59:09 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/end-of-life.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/right-to-die.php End of Life Care Final Exit Network Right-to-Die Billboards Appear in California, New Jersey and Florida Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:32:18 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/right-to-die.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/end-of-life-care-cost.php End of Life Care Controversial Issue to be Focus of Miller Center National Debate... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:41:29 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/end-of-life-care-cost.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/end-life-wishes.php End of Life Care Researchers from Brown University and Harvard Medical School are calling for improved decision-making in the use of feeding tubes for hospitalized nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:31:28 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/end-life-wishes.php http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/life-support-decisions.php End of Life Care Some caregivers of critical care patients prefer doctors to keep their opinions on life support decisions to themselves, according to new research that challenges long-held beliefs in the critical care community. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:18:49 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/medical/palliative/life-support-decisions.php