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Press Release: Not Dead Yet Provides Video and Written Comments on POLST to Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Approaching Death

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For PRWeb’s pdf version of the Press Release, click here.  The public comments described in the release are available in a five minute video, the text of the video, and full written comments with citations. Summary:  Not Dead Yet President and CEO Diane Coleman has submitted video and written public comments to the Institute of … Continue reading Press Release: Not Dead Yet Provides Video and Written Comments on POLST to Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Approaching Death →

Marilyn Golden in Sacramento Bee: Assisted Suicide Fraught with Consequences

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On Sunday, July 14th, the Sacramento Bee published an excellent op-ed by Marilyn Golden countering a previously published piece promoting assisted suicide.  Here’s an excerpt from her response essay, titled “Assisted suicide fraught with consequences“: Efforts to legalize assisted suicide have been attempted in California three times, each time failing due to broad bipartisan opposition … Continue reading Marilyn Golden in Sacramento Bee: Assisted Suicide Fraught with Consequences →

Pallimed Blogger Doc Not Happy with Organ Procurement Proposals

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Christian Sinclair, a palliative care and hospice physician who writes on the Pallimed blog, caught the NPR story on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) meeting earlier this week to issue new sweeping rules on “Donation after Cardiac Death.” Good news, for now, BTW.  We have been informed that the … Continue reading Pallimed Blogger Doc Not Happy with Organ Procurement Proposals →

NPR’s Morning Edition Covers the Organ Procurement Debate

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NPR’s Morning Edition included a segment on the policy debate regarding organ procurement taking place June 24 and 25 at the Board meeting of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing (OPTN/UNOS) in Richmond, Virginia.  Not Dead Yet issued a press release on this subject last week: Not Dead Yet Urges Secretary Sebelius … Continue reading NPR’s Morning Edition Covers the Organ Procurement Debate →

NDY quoted in Pew Trusts’ Stateline: New End-of-Life Measure Quietly Sweeps the Nation

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This week, the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Stateline carried an article entitled “New End-of-Life Measure Quietly Sweeps the Nation.”  The measure described is Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST), sometimes also called Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST).  According to the National POLST Paradigm website, POLST originated in 1991, and 14 states had adopted it by … Continue reading NDY quoted in Pew Trusts’ Stateline: New End-of-Life Measure Quietly Sweeps the Nation →