Court allows doctors to force feed patient refusing food and fluids
A psychiatric patient who has been refusing food and fluids in recent weeks may be force fed if doctors consider that is necessary and appropriate, the president of the High Court has directed. The...
View ArticleJUDGE OKS REQUEST TO FORCE-FEED CALIFORNIA INMATES IF NECESSARY
Sacramento A federal judge approved a request from California and federal officials on Monday to force-feed inmates if necessary as a statewide prison hunger strike entered its seventh week....
View ArticleEnteral Feeding Devices Market (Enteral Feeding Tubes, Enteral Feeding Pumps,...
WEST HARTFORD, Conn., April 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. announces the addition of a new market research report "Enteral Feeding Devices Market (Enteral Feeding Tubes,...
View ArticleAlzheimer Awareness Month (Ministry of Health)
(Source: Ministry of Health) By Terry Lake Health Minister There are up to 70,000 British Columbians living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia and as our baby boomer population continues to...
View Article5 Things Brittany Maynard's Example Teaches Us
WASHINGTON (RNS) Brittany Maynard’s decision to die soon by a legal, lethal prescription, rather than let a brain tumor kill her, has provoked a national conversation and debate about end-of-life...
View ArticleAlzheimer Awareness Month (Government of British Columbia)
(Source: Government of British Columbia) OPINION-EDITORIAL Alzheimer Awareness Month By Terry Lake Health Minister (553 words) Jan. 15, 2014 There are up to 70,000 British Columbians living with...
View ArticleJudge approves force-feeding California inmates
--> Officials say they fear for the welfare of nearly 70 inmates who have refused all prison-issued meals since the strike began July 8 over the holding of gang leaders and other violent inmates in...
View ArticleStopping fluids at the end of life: a dilemma not just for Kasemâs family
By Randi Belisomo NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the family disputes that surrounded American radio icon Casey Kasemâs last weeks of life, his daughterâs decision to carry out Kasemâs wish - to...
View ArticleAppeals court rules on state doctors' obligations
The government has no constitutional obligation to provide health care to patients in state doctors' care, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. Disability Rights Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in May 2009...
View ArticleBalance needed between privacy , protection
It's for good reason that among the greatest fears of growing old are the loss of privacy and losing control over your life. And increasingly as Canada becomes a country of old folks, these issues are...
View ArticleVital end-of-life decisions must be made while you can make them yourself
Powers of attorney for personal care, living wills or advance health care directives are not of much importance if you’re healthy and fit. But unconscious patients, or those with Alzheimer’s or...
View ArticleHealth-care directive gets acceptance
The form to guide end-of-life decisions has raised concerns among Catholics elsewhere. Travel Deals $149 -- Atlantic City: Revel Resort w/$100 Credit See all travel deals » Andrew Kitchenman, NJ...
View ArticleUC Davis Alzheimer's Disease Center Caregiver's Workshop to Address Having...
(Source: UC Davis Health System) Jason Karlawish, professor of medicine, medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania, will offer his insights on 'Having Alzheimer's Disease with...
View ArticleCanada's highest court strikes down doctor-assisted suicide ban
TORONTO — Canada's highest court struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide for mentally competent patients with terminal illnesses Friday, declaring that outlawing that option deprives dying people...
View ArticleStopping fluids at the end of life: a dilemma not just for Kasem’s family
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In the family disputes that surrounded American radio icon Casey Kasem’s last weeks of life, his daughter’s decision to carry out Kasem’s wish - to suspend artificial...
View ArticleWho has the last word?
For dignity in death PADMA PRAKASH, medical activist and writer, feels that the Supreme Court has taken a narrow view of an issue that has medical, ethical and social ramifications. The case of Aruna...
View ArticleDaughter's affidavit supports former nurse's right to die
The daughter of an Alzheimer's patient at the centre of a right-to-die case says her mother often spoke about "allowing non-responsive people to die." Danielle Tuck, a B.C. Liquor Store manager in the...
View ArticleFrench passive euthanasia: Court says end life support
A man who has been in a vegetative state for six years should have his treatment ended, the public rapporteur of France's top court has recommended. Vincent Lambert, 39, was left a tetraplegic after a...
View ArticleSumma officials say CHP deal won’t affect reproductive, end-of-life care
If Sophia Bryson is near death and unable to talk, she has an advance directive to speak for her. “If I’m in a vegetative state and there’s not really much that can be done for me, I just don’t want to...
View ArticleRight to die
TO a layman - that's us - it seems unambiguous: Margaret (Margot) Bentley, while of sound mind, left a living will in 1991 that states she does not want liquids or nourishment if diagnosed with an...
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