Columnist Chuck Yarborough on Death with Dignity
Read: A near-death anniversary kindles a wish: Shouldn’t we be able to choose our own time to cross the Rainbow Bridge? – From Cleveland.com, October 26, 2018. This piece ran in the Plain Dealer on 10/28/2018 under the headline ‘Sadness? Yes. Death with Dignity? Yes. Humans Deserve the Same’ Chuck Yarborough, the Plain Dealer’s music critic, […]
Connecting in Ohio; Why I am thankful – and review of Benefit at the Bop Stop
As we move into the week of Thanksgiving, I am still processing all of the wonderful connections that we made across Ohio in the last week. Last Thursday we held our first benefit Cocktails & A Love Story at the Bop Stop in Cleveland. Long-time supporters joined us as well as people who walked in […]
A Major Change from The American Academy of Family Physicians
The American Academy of Family Physicians just completed it’s Congress of Delegates’ meeting in New Orleans. In a major change, it’s delegates voted to formally begin using the term “medical aid in dying” and reject the term “physician-assisted suicide.” They are also taking a position of “engaged neutrality” and are urging the American Medical Association to […]
A Message from our Founder: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Last month I was preparing for our annual meeting and it helped give me a sense of perspective on what we have accomplished and what we are working toward. At the start of the last fiscal year our board of directors, active volunteers and I did not know how the year would progress. We were […]
A Discussion of End of Life Options on NPR
LISTEN: ‘Where to Start with End-of-Life Decisions on NPR’s the 1A Show, April 19,2018. In the wake of former First Lady Barbara Bush’s death, host Joshua Johnson and guests had a discussion centered around end of life choices, palliative care, and medical aid in dying. You can find the guest list, with a brief note of […]