Pamela Gredicak: Control Over My Death
Pamela Gredicak, from the Columbus area, has shared her story on Death with Dignity National Center’s website. We reprint it here with permission. * I was first diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease while working as a school administrator in 2001 and then diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2009. I am pursuing […]
Molly McMahon Graziano: Why I Support Medical Aid in Dying in Ohio
Our Director of Education and Outreach Molly McMahon Graziano wrote a guest article for Death with Dignity National Center on her thoughts on medical aid in dying and her personal experience as an end of life caregiver. We reprint it here with permission. * I was recently talking with a friend about my work with […]
Board Member, Mark Weber, eloquently expresses his thoughts on support of death with dignity style legislation
Several weeks ago, I turned 70. This “magic number” made me think about how much time I have left and what will be the life quality of those years. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 55% of us will die from some kind of terminal illness. A terminal illness is an incurable and […]
Speaking at Mayo Clinic’s Annual National Hematology/Oncology Review Course
Lisa Vigil Schattinger and her mother, Janet Rowe, were invited to share Dr. Jack Rowe’s experience with Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act at Mayo Clinic’s 26th Annual National Hematology/Oncology Review Course on Amelia Island, Florida. Surveying doctors on death with dignity Dr. Gerardo Colon-Otero, medical oncologist with the Mayo Clinic Florida, included a new section called […]
Discussions on legislative activity in Ohio
Lisa Vigil Schattinger and her mother, Janet Rowe, presented to two fantastic groups while Janet visited from Oregon in July. In addition to Janet’s experience with her husband, Dr. Jack Rowe, using Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act in 2014, Janet is a retired RN. She currently volunteers with Compassion & Choices and has been a […]