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Marilyn Golden: An Unforgettable Legacy of Wisdom, Dedication, and Results

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…hlighting Marilyn Golden’s important work opposing assisted suicide laws.] Marilyn Golden: An Unforgettable Legacy of Wisdom, Dedication, and Results Diane Coleman There’s been an incredible, powerfully moving and profoundly deserved outpouring of love and gratitude for Marilyn Golden since her passing on September 21st. Attending and sharing thoughts at her memorial service, I was again reminded of her amazing contributions to the accessibility o…

DREDF’s Marilyn Golden Speaks Out Against CA Assisted Suicide Bill Introduced Today

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…from Marilyn: And some disability rights advocates are vehemently opposed. Marilyn Golden, senior policy analyst with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, warns that heirs and caregivers would have opportunities for abuse, and that legislative safeguards for people suffering from depression and other mental disorders are hollow. Golden also told me the marriage of a profit-driven healthcare system and legalized aid in dying sets up da…

DREDF’s Marilyn Golden Provides High Powered Public Comments to IOM Transforming End-of-Life Care Committee

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…l public comments on behalf of the disability community: Public Comment by Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) Before the Institute of Medicine Transforming End-of-Life Care Committee May 29, 2013 I’m Marilyn Golden, Senior Policy Analyst at the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund. We’re a leading national law and policy center on disability civil rights. We have many concerns – –the common…

Forbes: Article on “end of life” provisions in House health care bill quotes Diane Coleman and Marilyn Golden

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…ed to ObamaCare are concerned about the end-of-life proposals in the bill. Marilyn Golden, of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund in Berkeley, Calif., has been active in opposing physician-assisted suicide at the state level. Many disabled people worry legalizing suicide would lead to euthanasia. Golden points out that many doctors, when counseling patients, push for do-not-resuscitate orders or have them sign boilerplate documents th…