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New Research on Physician-Assisted Death and Alzheimer’s Disease
Study shows 20 percent of people at high risk for the disease would consider ending their lives with a doctor's help
A recent study published in JAMA Neurology posed an interesting question: Would people who know they have a higher than normal risk of Alzheimer’s disease consider physician-assisted death? The study asked people who had recently been told they had elevated … Continue reading
Maryland Medical-Aid-in-Dying Law Fails
The hard-fought battle for death with dignity for terminally ill patients was lost in a tie vote
Last week, the Maryland Senate failed to pass proposed legislation to allow medical-aid-in-dying to become legal in that state. The measure passed the House in early March, and advocates were hopeful that there were enough votes in the Senate to … Continue reading
Retired NPR Host Diane Rehm Continues Her Fight for Physician-Assisted Death
Her testimony could help Maryland become the eighth state to allow the terminally ill to end their lives with a doctor's help
Since Diane Rehm’s husband suffered an agonizingly drawn-out death in 2014, she has continued to be an outspoken proponent of an individual’s right to choose when and how to exit this life. Just two weeks ago, the popular NPR Washington … Continue reading
“I Want to Die” — The Link Between Cancer and Suicide
Far too many people with cancer choose to take their own lives
“The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Receiving a cancer diagnosis is devastating. Suddenly, without warning, the world as you knew it comes to an … Continue reading
Judge Halts California’s End of Life Options Act
Hundreds of patients are in limbo as the state prepares its appeal
In a move that shocked many terminally ill Californians, Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolio overturned the state’s End of Life Options Act on Tuesday, May 15. Compassion & Choices, the patient advocacy group that lobbied heavily for the law’s passage, immediately … Continue reading
What Are Some Implications of the California End of Life Options Act: An Interview with Sarah Hooper: Part Two
An expert in medical-legal issues weighs in on the law
Today SevenPonds continues our two-part interview with Sarah Hooper, the Executive Director of the UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy and Adjunct Professor of Law at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California. (Read … Continue reading
