Tag: end-of-life care
Blog Posts (10)
May 15, 2013
Vermont Legislature Passes Physician-Assisted Suicide Law
The Vermont legislature has passed a new physician-assisted suicide law and is sending it to Governor Shumlin, who supports it and is expected to sign. The Oregon-style legislation will be the third such state law in the country and the first adopted b...March 18, 2013
Check out AJOB Volume 13 Issue 3!!!
TESTICULAR CRYOPRESERVATION FROM CHILDREN
END OF LIFE DECISION MAKING FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE…
February 23, 2013
Check out February's issue of AJOB!
DO RESEARCHERS HAVE A DUTY TO LOOK FOR GENETIC INCIDENTAL FINDINGS?
UPDATE TO THE ETHICS CONSULTATION CORE COMPETENCIES…
February 7, 2013
AJOB Neuroscience 2013 issue 1 is here!!!
This year’s first issue of
AJOB Neuroscience includes:
COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT AND EMOTION
RECONSIDERING DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION
MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS AND END-OF-LIFE CARE…
February 6, 2013
Hospice Use Rises; So Does Aggressive Care
Joan Teno and her coauthors' analyzed the Medicare fee-for-service records of more than 840,000 people aged 66 or older who died in 2000, 2005, or 2009. They looked at where seniors died, what medical services were provided during their las...January 30, 2013
What is Therapeutic Futility? 4 Views of Futility
Maurice Bernstein, M.D.
Coming to the decision that a treatment is futile—meaning that further medical treatment would have no useful result and should not be started or continued—is a decision made with hesitation or at times not at all, either by the patient or family or, unfortunately, even by the physician.…
January 10, 2013
Zfat v. Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital - Orthodox Jews Ask Court to Order Hospital to Continue Life Support
About a year ago, 19-year-old daughter, Danielle Zfat was diagnosed with a brain tumor. On Nov. 25th she was admitted to Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Florida. On Jan. 1st her condition worsened and she was placed on life support.&nb...January 9, 2013
Son's Perspective on Using VSED to Hasten Death
The following is an essay by Marc Newhouse on his mother's use of VSED. Marc Newhouse is a former cellist, nurse, and English teacher. He is now a book author who blogs at Life, Death and Iguanas. In April of 2010, my...January 8, 2013
Legal Briefing: POLST: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
With Melinda Hexum, I just published "Legal Briefing: POLST: Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment." in The Journal of Clinical Ethics 23, no. 4 (Winter 2012): 353-76. Here is the abstract: This issue’s “Legal Briefing” colu...January 2, 2013
Does the Concept of 'Medical Futility' Help Clinicians?
On Tuesday, Feb 5, from noon to 1:00 PM, Children’s Mercy Bioethics Center is hosting a webinar on the topic: "Does the Concept of 'Medical Futility' Help Clinicians?" Speakers: Robert D. Truog, MD, Professor of...Published Articles (7)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 13 Issue 3 - Mar 2013
Withdrawal of Nonfutile Life Support After Attempted Suicide Samuel M. Brown, C. Gregory Elliott & Robert Paine
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 13 Issue 3 - Mar 2013
Suicide and the Sufficiency of Surrogate Decision Makers Hywote Taye & David Magnus
AJOB Neuroscience: Volume 4 Issue 1 - Feb 2013
Communicating with the Minimally Conscious: Ethical Implications in End-of-Life Care Kathrine Bendtsen
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 3 - Mar 2010
The Secret of Caring for Mr. Golubchuk Alan B. Jotkowitz
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 10 Issue 3 - Mar 2010
The Case of Samuel Golubchuk and the Right to Live Alan B. Jotkowitz
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 9 Issue 4 - Apr 2009
Unnecessary Time Pressure in Refusal of Life-Sustaining Therapies: Fear of Missing the Opportunity to Die Thomas Cochrane
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 9 Issue 4 - Apr 2009
Response to Open Peer Commentaries for ?Unnecessary Time Pressure in Refusal of Life-Sustaining Therapies? Thomas Cochrane
News (9)
May 2, 2013 3:56 pm
Alzheimer's sufferer dies from snake bite after his family chooses NOT to give him anti-venom
Richard Flora, 76, was bitten by an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake but the family decided not to give him anti-venom and he died at hospital 11 hours later.
March 21, 2013 2:41 pm
Patients should decide what the end of life is like, study says
Finding out what dying patients want and treating them accordingly leads to happier patients who are in less pain and who use fewer healthcare dollars, UCLA researchers said Tuesday.
March 6, 2013 3:08 pm
The CPR Death At Glenwood Gardens: What Really Happened And Five Lessons You Should Learn (Forbes)
By now you know the story—or at least think you do: A nursing home nurse sees an 87-year-old resident in cardiac arrest and calls 911. Despite desperate pleas of the call center operator, the nurse refuses to do CPR and the resident dies. Except most of the story isn’t true.
March 4, 2013 2:18 pm
Ethics required medical staff to do CPR, even if policy doesn’t, bioethicist writes (NBC News)
Last week, 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless collapsed at Glenwood Gardens, an assisted living facility in Bakersfield, Calif., and later died. While it’s not unexpected that an elderly person would die, what’s troubling is that after she collapsed, a nurse called 911, yet wouldn’t administer CPR or look for someone else to do it, despite the request of the emergency dispatcher.
February 27, 2013 5:53 pm
'Cost of Dying' series wins national health care journalism award (Mercury News)
Two Bay Area News Group journalists have won a first-place national award for their yearlong series “Cost of Dying.” Science writer Lisa Krieger and photojournalist Dai Sugano won the top prize for their work detailing how harsh the end-of-life experience can be.
February 12, 2013 12:17 pm
FORCED DNR COMING TO TEXAS? (Center for Bioethics and Culture)
Good grief! The state with the worst futile care law in the nation now has legislation pending that would enable doctors to place DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders on a patient’s chart without notice or permission — even if the patient is competent!
February 6, 2013 3:51 pm
Hospice care used more, but often too late (USA Today)
Twice as many elderly people died in hospice care as in a hospital or nursing home compared with a decade ago, but hospice is often treated as a last resort — and used too late to benefit patients and their families, says a study.
January 24, 2013 12:54 pm
'Hurry up and die': Japanese finance minister doesn't want to pay for elderly (UPI)
Japanese finance minister Taro Aso told a social security council that the elderly should be allowed to “hurry up and die” rather than drain the resources of the government.
May 17, 2012 9:38 am
Physician's Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment: Helpful or a New Threat? (National Catholic Register)
A patient in a nursing home or hospital is increasingly likely to be asked to sign a form with a benign-sounding name: Physician’s Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment. A brightly colored document that is one page, printed on both sides, with boxes to be checked off regarding medical treatment — or the withholding of treatment — the Physician’s Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (Polst), in an instrument for dealing with end-of-life decisions if the patient is incapacitated.