New paths could allow medical aid in dying for people with dementia
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 07, 2024
A lot of people who have dementia want to use medical aid in dying (MAID) to end their lives before they lose their decision-making capacity and other abilities. This hasn’t been allowed up until now...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, June 11
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 10, 2019
Few at high risk for Alzheimer’s would choose physician–assisted suicide … Alzheimer’s drug trials should be larger, intervene earlier … OSU experts say bariatric surgery should be open to...
Physician-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian dead at 83
Jun 06, 2011
The controversial assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, M.D., died June 3 in a Detroit area hospital. Although his official cause of death has not been confirmed, press reports suggest it was pulmonary...
Palliative sedation at end of life is appropriate in cases of extreme suffering, review article says
Oct 04, 2010
Palliative sedation at the end of life is ethically sound and has “an important place on the continuum of appropriate palliative care,” according to a new review article.
Oregon hospices steer clear of physician-assisted suicide
Sep 20, 2010
Hospices in Oregon, where physician-assisted suicide is legal, rarely participate in the practice, according to a recent survey.