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NEWS ABOUT: living will

living will stories: 3 news summaries
OPINION

Dying Doc:
Don't Keep
Me Alive

ALS patient explains why he chooses quality of life over quantity

Jul 27, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Martin Welsh considers himself a lucky man, with a loving family and innumerable friends. “Life has been truly wonderful,” the 55-year-old doctor writes in the Los Angeles Times. But soon, that life will end, and he doesn’t want his doctors to do anything to prolong it.... More »

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living will • Lou Gehrig's disease • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis • ALS • end of life care • hospice • terminal illness

OPINION

It's Time for 'The Talk' About Rationing Care

At end of life, openness reduces stress for all: Goodman

May 8, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks before she died, Barack Obama’s terminally ill grandmother had a hip replacement. Obama said he’d have paid for the operation, but questioned whether society should have to. “I think you just get into some very difficult moral issues,” he said. But maybe morality and... More »

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Barack Obama • Medicare • living will • death • rationing • Madelyn Dunham • President Obama

States Rewrite Organ-Donation Laws

New revision would make it easier to obtain organs

Apr 4, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors will be able to take organs from potential donors in more sticky situations, under revisions to state laws on the boards in more than 24 states. Model legislation that's already passed in four states clarifies how to handle ethically complex decisions, helping to alleviate the chronic shortage of kidneys... More »

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health • organ harvesting • law • organ donor • will • living will • patient • life support • state governments

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