Recent Posts in End of Life Category
Posted on Nov 28, 2018 By OC Register
The doctor bends slightly at the waist, or he slouches, or he kneels, or he finds a chair to sink into, anything to get low. He wants to be physically beneath the devastated people he meets several ...
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Posted on May 30, 2018 By Modern Healthcare
Dr. Ira Byock would make weeklong trips to his hometown in New Jersey to drive his dad to radiation therapy as he battled pancreatic cancer. The daily 2½-hour ritual would stir up memories as ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2018 By STAT
Centuries from now, one of the things our era will be known for is the plague of dying badly. I’m proud of being a physician and a lifelong political progressive. I ardently believe in human ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2017 By Health Progress
We live and practice in challenging times. Thanks to advances in public health and treatments for hitherto swiftly fatal conditions, people in developed countries are living longer than ever before. ...
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Posted on Jun 30, 2016 By The New York Times
Americans have long been chided as the only people on earth who believe death is optional. But the quip is losing its premise. A recent profusion of personal narratives, best-selling books and social ...
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Posted on Dec 1, 2015 By The Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — More times than she can count, Carin van Zyl has heard terminally ill patients beg to die. They tell her that they can’t handle the pain, that the nausea is unbearable, that ...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2015 By Wisconsin Public Radio
Death is not a subject that most people want to think or talk about, which Dr. Ira Byock thinks is unfortunate. Not only will everyone experience it eventually, but humans are unique in being aware of ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2015 By Ira Byock, MD
A dialogue on end-of-life care. From Spirituality & Health Magazine. 5 Questions with Ira Byock This is the third in a series of short interviews on end-of-life care that I’m conducting for ...
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Posted on Jan 30, 2015 By Los Angeles Times
Physician-assisted suicide is back on California's political agenda. Indeed, anyone who read the newspaper or watched TV coverage when the End of Life Option Act (SB 128) was introduced Jan. 21 ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2015 By The Huffington Post
While we may not be able to singlehandedly transform the death industry in our country, each one of us can do something in our lives and our own communities to make a difference. We just have to be ...
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