…ion Guardianship and Elder Law Section. For more information, visit her website at www.margaretdore.com. 1 The Act was passed by the voters in November as Initiative 1000 and has now been codified as RCW chapter 70.245. 2 I-1000 color pamphlet, “Paid for by Yes! on 1000.” 3 RCW §§ 70.245.030 and .220 state that one of two required witnesses to the lethal-dose request form cannot be the patient’s heir or other person who will benefit from the patie…
…never understand why I had to be the one to bring it up. Over the years, I lost three friends to acute respiratory failure who did not have the benefit of my friend’s knowledge and support. In two cases, their doctors gave them oxygen without mechanical breathing support, which is the wrong answer for people like us. My current doctors include some with the relevant expertise in neuromuscular disabilities. I don’t think that the importance of spec…
…ts/documents/olmstead-cabinet-report101013.pdf [2] D. Humphrey and M. Clement, Freedom to Die: People, Politics, and the Right-to-Die Movement (St. Martin’s Press 1998). [3] Watch the video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdqeIXJlFpb/?taken-by=stepfunny426 [4] http://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year20.pdf (page 10)…
…and Recommendations of the Olmstead Cabinet, page 14, available at https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/archive/assets/documents/olmstead-cabinet-report101013.pdf [2] D. Humphrey and M. Clement, Freedom to Die: People, Politics, and the Right-to-Die Movement (St. Martin’s Press 1998). [3] Video of Ann Bell on her 101st Birthday, available at: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdqeIXJlFpb/?taken-by=stepfunny426 [4] Oregon Death with Di…
…organization listed on a NYS Department of Health Advance Care Planning website? Health care provider education has tended to emphasize errors of overtreatment and has tended to neglect errors of undertreatment. The same is true of consumer education with respect to materials and public presentations concerning advance directives. There are many reasons for this. Before the patient’s or surrogate’s right to refuse treatment was firmly established…
