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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

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

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

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

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

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