Can a man on deathbed be forced to live on?
The Times of India
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up the adjudication of the emotive issue of permitting removal of life support system from a person on deathbed if doctors unanimously agree that there is no chance of survival.
South Africa: death with dignity not only a debate for developed countries
AllAfrica
Desmond Tutu’s support for assisted dying made headlines across the world this week, and brought the debate into the mainstream in South Africa.
Shame on pro-assisted suicide Desmond Tutu!
The Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC)
“The people are not in the streets demanding the right to be killed by a doctor. They want ready access to a doctor! They want decent medical care.”
Religious leaders unite to condemn assisted dying law
UK- The Telegraph
The leaders of all the major faiths in Britain are issuing an unprecedented joint attack on Lord Falconer’s assisted dying Bill, condemning it as a “grave error” which would change British society forever.
Feasibility of assessing quality of care at the end of life in two cluster trials using an after-death approach with multiple assessments
7th Space
In 2009 two randomised cluster trials took place to assess the introduction of the Italian Version of the Liverpool Care Pathway in hospitals and hospices.
10 questions to ask ageing parents about end of life care
PR Newswire
Written by Amy Tucci, president and CEO of Hospice Foundation of America.
Zambia: People with disabilities left behind in HIV response
Human Rights Watch
The nearly two million people with disabilities in Zambia face significant barriers to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Redditors Photoshop baby for grief-stricken dad
KSDK
A grieving father’s simple appeal to strangers has resulted in a beautiful gift: Portraits of his daughter, finally free of the machines that surrounded her during her brief life.
His reputation precedes him: Meet the bad news doctor
Kevin MD
James C. Salwitz on how reputation can lead us astray.
Siblings enjoy a day of sports and fun at Richard House Children’s Hospice
ehospice International children’s edition
Tom Morton from Richard House reports on their recent sibling sports day.
Uganda: First ever palliative care training for pharmacists in Mulago Hospital
ehospice Africa
Nabirye Elizabeth, a Palliative Care Clinician writes for ehospice about the impact that the first ever training for pharmacists in palliative care in Mulago Hospital is having.
Geographical variation in health-related quality of life among older US adults
ehospice USA
Research, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reveals geographic variation in health-related quality of life among older Americans.
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