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Traveling To Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism
Medical aid in death is legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia. But only Oregon and Vermont explicitly allow out-of-state people who are terminally ill to die with assistance there. So far, at least 49 people have made the trek while state legislation stalls elsewhere.
Viajar para morir: la 煤ltima forma de turismo m茅dico
La muerte asistida sigue siendo un tema controversial. Es un derecho, o no se permite, dependiendo del estado en donde se viva.
鈥楩inancial Ruin Is Baked Into the System鈥: Readers on the Costs of Long-Term Care
Thousands of people shared their experiences and related to the financial drain on families portrayed in the 鈥淒ying Broke鈥 series, a joint project by 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and The New York Times that examined the costs of long-term care.
Disability Rights Groups Sue to Overturn California鈥檚 Physician-Assisted Death Law
Disability rights advocates and two individuals with disabilities sued Tuesday to overturn the state’s physician-assisted death law, arguing it is unconstitutional, violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, and makes it too easy for people with terminal diseases whose deaths aren’t imminent to kill themselves with a doctor’s help.
Presentan demanda para revocar ley de muerte asistida en California
La ley original de California, que permite a los adultos con enfermedades terminales obtener recetas para medicamentos que pongan fin a su vida, se aprob贸 en 2016.
When Does Life Begin? As State Laws Define It, Science, Politics, and Religion Clash
For decades, the U.S. medical establishment has adhered to a legally recognized standard for brain death, one embraced by most states. Why is a uniform clinical standard for the inception of human life proving so elusive?
Nueva ley de California facilita el proceso de ayuda para morir
Una modificaci贸n a la ley vigente reduce el tiempo entre las peticiones necesarias para obtener los medicamentos para terminar con la vida. Tambi茅n protege m谩s a los pacientes.
New California Law Eases Aid-in-Dying Process
Nearly 2,000 terminally ill Californians have used a 2015 law to end their lives with a doctor鈥檚 assistance. A revision of the law will make it easier to do so.
Getting a Prescription to Die Remains Tricky Even as Aid-in-Dying Bills Gain Momentum
Access to physician-assisted death is expanding across the U.S., but the procedure remains in Montana鈥檚 legal gray zone more than a decade after the state Supreme Court ruled physicians could use a dying patient鈥檚 consent as a defense.
Terminally Ill, He Wanted Aid-In-Dying. His Catholic Hospital Said No.
Neil Mahoney had terminal cancer. He also had a legal right to aid-in-dying. But his faith-based hospital called it 鈥渕orally unacceptable.鈥 So he turned to a network of Colorado doctors to fulfill his last wish.
Firing Doctor, Christian Hospital Sets Off National Challenge To Aid-In-Dying Laws
In Colorado case, the right to aid a cancer patient鈥檚 death runs up against faith-based hospital policies. As more states have passed laws, about 1 in 6 acute care beds nationally is in a hospital that is Catholic-owned or -affiliated.
Will Ties To A Catholic Hospital System Tie Doctors鈥 Hands?
Doctors at the University of California鈥檚 flagship San Francisco hospital are sharply divided over a proposal to join forces with a Catholic-run system that restricts care on the basis of religious doctrine 鈥 part of a broader public debate as Catholic hospitals expand their reach.
At Death鈥檚 Door, Shedding Light On How To Live
When you learn you have a terminal illness, how do you live with purpose and authenticity?
鈥淣unca se est谩 listo para morir鈥: c贸mo eligen su 煤ltimo d铆a los pacientes de muerte digna
Para Aaron McQ no fue f谩cil elegir su 煤ltimo d铆a. Abatido por la leucemia y por una enfermedad degenerativa, el ciclista y navegante cont贸 su viaje de la vida a la muerte por decisi贸n propia.
鈥楴o One Is Ever Really Ready’: Aid-In-Dying Patient Chooses His Last Day
With its expansion to Hawaii this year, medical aid-in-dying is now approved in eight U.S. jurisdictions. Even when legal, the controversial practice of choosing to die after a terminal diagnosis is difficult, said one Seattle man who shared his final deliberations.
Suspension Of California鈥檚 Aid-In-Dying Law Leaves Sick Patients In Limbo
Doctors have stopped writing lethal prescriptions and pharmacists have stopped filling them after a court fight over how the law was enacted.
Matrimonio captura en video sus 煤ltimos d铆as de vida
Bajo la ley de muerte digna de Oregon, Charlie y Francie Emerick, casados durante 66 a帽os y ambos con enfermedades terminales, decidieron morir el mismo d铆a, tomados de la mano. Una de sus hijas grab贸 el video.
Oregon Couple鈥檚 Final Days Captured In Intimate Aid-In-Dying Video
Dr. Charles Emerick and his wife, Francie, died together last spring after both being diagnosed with terminal illnesses. First, they let their daughter turn on the camera.
At Some Veterans Homes, Aid-In-Dying Is Not An Option
Citing fears of losing federal funds, California is the latest state to require discharge of terminally ill residents from state veterans homes if they plan to end their lives with lethal drugs.
As Doctors Drop Opposition, Aid-In-Dying Advocates Target Next Battleground States
Will efforts to expand the practice to Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Hawaii succeed this year?
