MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'death with dignity'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:51:08 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3338351&cid=t_155442_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fno-%25e2%2580%259cdeath-with-dignity%25e2%2580%259d-for-ms-patients%2F I am not a morbid person - a black sense of humor; that I’ll cop to – but a recent batch of comments on a previous post on the subject brought the topic back to my mind. I’ve been meaning to post something of a follow-up ever since my state passed a “Death With Dignity” Act, back in 2008. It was a hard-fought battle between the two sides with impassioned pleas from proponents and opponents alike.  In the end, the measure passed overwhelmingly. The thing is, the law was crafted with such tight restrictions as to make (some say “appropriately”) difficult to carry out.  In fact, a reading of the 10 pages of legalese which is the law makes it quite clear that a person in the final throws of MS would not be eligible for the relief intended by the law. A person, in Washin... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3338351 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:42:03 +0100 3338351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232545&cid=t_155442_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F02%2Fwashington-state-allows-assisted-suicide%2F Those who are terminally ill with less than 6 months to live no longer have to travel to a foreign country or hope they can find a medical practitioner in Oregon who will look the other way and let them die with dignity. Washington state has become only the second U.S. state to allow assisted suicide, otherwise known as a death with dignity law. It’s meant to stop the prolonging of a life simply because we can — medical technology and advances making it possible. But we still have a ways to go, as the law doesn’t mandate such prescriptions when requested by a patient. Doctors can opt-out of the law’s requirements, meaning one has to doctor-shop to find a physician willing to write the deadly prescription. In fact, entire hospitals will be banning the practice: Und... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232545 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:00:44 +0100 2232545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2021556&cid=t_155442_87_f&fid=35052&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWomensBioethicsBlog%2F%7E3%2F477529513%2Fmontana-ruling-legalizes-assisted.html Late Friday night, a Montana judge ruled that physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill is legal. According to Judge Dorothy McCarter, "The Montana constitutional rights of individual privacy and human dignity, taken together, encompass the right of a competent terminally (ill) patient to die with dignity."While the Montana attorney general plans to appeal the ruling next week, for at least the time being, the state joins Oregon and Washington in allowing terminally ill patients the choice of when and how they die.-Kelly Hills (Source: Women's Bioethics Blog) Women's Bioethics Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2021556 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:13:12 +0100 2021556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1007817&cid=t_155442_111_f&fid=36538&url=http%3A%2F%2Fernursey.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fwatching-mama-die.html The ETT is left in place but the ventilator is gone, along with the noise. The room is silent, the nurses motions are slow, gentle and hushed. Morphine has been given to allay any pain or air hunger.The lights are dim.In the distance the noise of the ER has receded like the dull roar of the surf, heard only faintly in the subconscious. All that matters is here, Grandmother to twelve, mother to four, beloved wife. Collapsed suddenly at lunch, CT shows brain full of blood, no hope of recovery or any sort of meaningful life the family has chosen to let her go.The children and elderly husband have gathered at the bedside, silent tears rolling down their cheeks.on the monitor, which is turned away from the families view the spikes grow further and further and further apart until they stop.The d... ERnursey - An emergency room nurse blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1007817 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:38:00 +0100 1007817