Lisa Blumberg: Getting Beyond Advance Medical Directives

September 16, 2022advance directives, Conversation Project, DNR, Do-Not-Resuscitate, Dr. Ferdinando Mirarchi, end-of-life care, Health care decision-making, life-sustaining treatment, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary Blog, supported decision making, treatment withdrawalAdvance Care Planning, advance directives, End-of-life, Lisa Blumberg, treatment withdrawalDiane Coleman

…sting-treatment/?p1=Article_Feed_AuthorQuery 7. https://theconversationproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ConversationStarterGuide.pdf https://khn.org/news/article/advance-care-planning-palliative-care-experts-paradigm-shift/ https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/magazine/can-ambien-wake-minimally-conscious.html Ibid. https://khn.org/news/article/advance-care-planning-palliative-care-experts-paradigm-shift/ Ibid. Ibid. https://supporteddecisions….

Lisa Blumberg: Support Grows for a Bill of Rights for People with Guardians

November 27, 2023civil rights, Health care decision-making, Lisa Blumberg, medical decisionmaking, Our News & Commentary Blog, supported decision making, Surrogate Decisions & Guardianshipguardianship, Guardianship Bill of Rights, Surrogate decision makingDiane Coleman

…s consigning traditional guardianship to the dustbin of history. FOOTNOTES https://notdeadyet.org/2009/02/pennsylvania-important-guardianship.html https://casetext.com/case/in-re-tschumy-1 https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/resolution-506-guardianship-bill-of-rights https://www.aging.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/the_guardianship_bill_of_rights_one_pager.pdf Ibid….

Can people on Medicaid sue states to stop budget cuts?

October 6, 2011access to health care, court cases, Independent Living Center of Southern California, long term care, Medicaid, Our News & Commentary Blog, Supreme CourtDiane Coleman

…look at the various briefs filed in the case, several are posted at http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/maxwell-jolly-v-independent-living-center-of-southern-california/ . Democratic lawmakers are divided on the case. As reported in The Hill: The Obama administration’s Justice Department argued in California’s favor, saying the lawsuits should be barred. But several Democratic leaders in Congress — including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelo…

Guest Blog: “On Trees and Travel and the Value of Life” by Audrey Cole

May 13, 2013assisted suicide, Audrey Cole, Canada, guest blog, suicideStephen Drake

…. Why, she wonders, are Canadians denied that choice?” (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/Killing-her-softly-202733931.html) My immediate reaction was, Oh! If only she had read the story of the tree! Surely, then, she could not have asked that question! But probably, she could! Many people do! It is not my intent to retell either story! Rather, I want only to refer to a few images from each article that glued themselves onto my consciou…

Media Advisory: Acclaimed 2024 BBC Documentary “Better Off Dead?” To Be Screened Twice in Washington, D.C.

September 18, 2024AAPD, aid in dying, assisted suicide, BBC, better dead than disabled, Liz Carr, MAID, Not Dead Yet UK, Our News & Commentary Blog, Patients Rights Action Fund, United Kingdomassisted suicide, Liz Carr, media alert, Not Dead Yet UK, Patients Rights Action FundDiane Coleman

…itedspinal.org/), the DC Public Library Center for Accessibility (https://www.dclibrary.org/plan-visit/martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-library/center-accessibility/), Not Dead Yet (https://notdeadyet.org/) and the American Association of People with Disabilities (https://www.aapd.com/). Interviews: Carr will be available for interviews throughout her Washington visit, with availability September 18-20. To Schedule an interview contact: Bianca Ngala…