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Hospice Ethics and Physician-Assisted Death (Research, Video)

Posted by Frances Shani Parker on August 3, 2013 at 8:21pm in Hospice

As more states prepare to follow Oregon, Washington, and Vermont in legalizing physician-assisted death, hospice programs continue to define ethical issues regarding this legislation. Around 90% of patients involved in using state regulated procedures to end their lives are terminally ill and already in hospice programs. The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management recently reported an analysis of research by authors who partnered with the Washington State Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in an examination of the policies developed by individual hospice organizations regarding program and staff participation in the Washington Death with Dignity Act. These are the research findings and a video:

http://hospiceandnursinghomes.blogspot.com/2013/08/hospice-and-physician-assisted-death.html

Frances Shani Parker, Author

Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes

http://www.francesshaniparker.com/

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