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 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 […]
A Point by Point Defense of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Law
“I am convinced that physician assisted dying can be, and is, practiced responsibly” Ann Jackson, who spent 20 years as CEO of the Oregon Hospice Association, is more familiar than most with Oregon’s Death with Dignity Law. She led the organization before and after the law’s passage, voting against the initial referendum, but in the […]