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By Dr. Carolyn Clancy on August 14th, 2009

Talking about end-of-life care

Two articles on LocalHealthGuide today talk about end-of-life issues.
Below is an article by Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, that we ran last month in which she explores end-of-life issues and provides links to useful resources where you can go to learn more.
Talking about end-of-life treatment decisions
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Dr. Clancy • End-of-Life Care • Palliative Care
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For Dying and Seriously Ill Children, Hope For Better Care
By LocalHealthGuide on August 13th, 2009

For Dying and Seriously Ill Children, Hope For Better Care

By Carol Ann Campbell
August 13, 2009

NEWARK, N.J. – Fourteen-year-old Prince Jackson made a fist and banged his hand on his head, again and again. “It was like this,” he said, trying to describe the blinding pain from the tumor growing inside his head. “It hurt so much. It wouldn’t stop.”
Jackson could not read or sleep [...]

Child & Youth Health • End-of-Life Care • Newborn and Infant Health • Palliative Care • Seattle Children's
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By LocalHealthGuide on August 13th, 2009

Kill Grandma? Debunking A Health Bill Scare Tactic

By Julie Rovner, NPR News
August 13, 2009
This story is from KHN partner NPR
The story has spread so fast even President Obama got asked about it at one of his town hall meetings.
But no, the health care overhaul bill now working its way through Congress would not require seniors to learn how to die prematurely.

It’s not, [...]

End-of-Life Care • Ethics • Health Insurance • Health-care Policy • Healthcare Reform • Medicare • Palliative Care • Senior Health
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By LocalHealthGuide on July 31st, 2009

Hospice volunteers needed in King and Snohomish counties

Group Health is seeking hospice volunteers with weekday availability in Seattle, East King and Snohomish counties.
Hospice volunteers stay with terminally ill patients in their homes while caregivers take needed breaks, visit patients in nursing homes and other facilities, assist with errands, transportation and other practical tasks.
The next training sessions will be held Monday, Tuesday, and [...]

End-of-Life Care • Group Health Cooperative • Palliative Care
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By Dr. Carolyn Clancy on July 07th, 2009

Talking about end-of-life treatment decisions

By Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
July 7, 2009
It’s natural to avoid thinking—never mind talking—about dying. As a result, most people do not make their wishes clear to their loved ones or their health care providers. This includes many people who are nearing the end of life.
One [...]

End-of-Life Care • Palliative Care
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By LocalHealthGuide on December 24th, 2008

Pain pill recall

A batch of tablets of the painkiller hydromorphone made by the ETHEX corporation has been recalled because they may contain oversized pills containing more of the drug than they should.
“If someone were to take a higher than expected dose of Hydromorphone, the risk of adverse effects known to be associated with the drug may be [...]

Drugs & Medicines • Pain Medicine • Palliative Care • Product Recall
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By LocalHealthGuide on November 23rd, 2008

Treatments for Chronic Pain

[ February 4, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ]  

 

“Chronic Pain is a Disease in Its Own Right”
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 
Central Library

Dr. Alex Cahana, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at the University of Washington’s Department of Anesthesiology, will talk about new treatments for chronic pain, including medications, devices, injections and alternative therapies.

Central Library
1000 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
206-386-4636

 

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By LocalHealthGuide on November 03rd, 2008

How to talk with families of intensive care unit patients

When a patient in an intensive care unit is too sick to communicate, it is often the family that must make critical decisions about the patient’s care.
This may mean deciding with the medical team whether to proceed with a difficult operation, for example, or to withdraw life support.
This a situation that many of us are [...]

End-of-Life Care • Palliative Care • Social & Family Issues • Uncategorized
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By LocalHealthGuide on October 08th, 2008

Op-ed writers debate I-1000 in the Post-Intelligencer

Two op-ed writers take opposite stands on Initiative 1000, the Death with Dignity Act, which will be before voters this November.
Joyce Mulliken, a former Republican state senator from Moses Lake, argues that Initiative 1000, if passed, would “redefine suicide and elevate it into an alternative medical ‘treatment’.”
“For the vulnerable, depressed and weak, being presented with [...]

End-of-Life Care • Ethics • Health-care Policy • Palliative Care • Uncategorized
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By LocalHealthGuide on October 07th, 2008

Most Oregonians asking for aid in dying are not depressed, study finds

In a study that will likely be cited by both sides in the debate over Initiative 1000, the Death with Dignity Act, which is on this November’s ballot in Washington State, researchers found that most Oregonians asking for lethal prescriptions to end their lives under Oregon’s 1994 law that allows physician-assisted suicide are not depressed.
But [...]

End-of-Life Care • Ethics • Health-care Policy • Palliative Care • Uncategorized
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By LocalHealthGuide on September 22nd, 2008

Seattle Times picks up coverage of the “Death with Dignity” debate.

The Seattle Times has run a two-article series on the debate over Initiative 1000, which, if passed by voters this Nov. 4, will allow doctors to write prescriptions for a lethal dose of medication to competent adults with a terminal illnesses so they can end their lives if they wish.
In an article in the paper’s [...]

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