Between Comfort and Care, a Blurry Line – may require registration
September 18, 2007
By Sandeep Jauhar, M.D.
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The Board of Directors of the Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) is pleased to announce the organization’s official launch. This organization is the first of its kind, seeking to unite professionals, consumers, and stakeholder organizations in the field of hospice, palliative and end-of-life care on a national level. Governed by an all-volunteer Board of Directors, SWHPN’s activities will also include development of website resources for patients, families, and professionals. (www.swhpn.org)
Receive the e-newsletter by writing to newsletter@swhpn.org. Those who would like to participate further as the new organization develops a membership structure may email membership@swhpn.org.
Unlike terminally ill patients who die in hospitals, attached to tubes and monitors, Marie Madison wants to die in the comfort of her home.
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The Changing Science of Pain
Millions of aging boomers and the latest generation of wounded soldiers hope the secrets of our most enduring medical foe can finally be unlocked.
By Mary Carmichael
Full article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18881802/site/newsweek/page/0/
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Americans still split on doctor-assisted suicide
Most believe in patient’s right to die, but not doctor’s role, AP poll shows
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Life on her terms
“Like Art Buchwald, more terminally ill patients seem willing to forgo medical intervention. ‘Enough is enough,’ they say.”
By Susan Brink, Times Staff Writer
February 5, 2007
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Pope Benedict XVI exhorted health workers and relatives of sick people to offer “human support” and “spiritual accompaniment”, especially those who are terminally ill.
Associated Press
February 11, 2007
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Published January 31, 2007
Associated Press
After 18 months of unexplainable symptoms, Aimee Chamernik was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS. ALS is a degenerative condition of the nervous system for which there is no known cure. The average life expectancy after an ALS diagnosis is two to five years, and it has been two-and-a-half years since Chamernik was diagnosed. In the meantime, she says she has tried to be as honest as possible with her three children — ages 9, 7 and 3 — and to love them in every way she can.
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www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/26/moms.long.goodbye.ap/index.html
No living will? Pa. law will decide who makes decisions for you
PITTSBURGH - A new state law taking effect Monday will determine how end-of-life decisions are made for Pennsylvanians who don’t leave a living will or other instructions should they become incapacitated.
By Jennifer C. Yates, Associated Press
Read the full article at: http://ap.lancasteronline.com/4/pa_end_of_life_care