by APFLI | May 16, 2015 | Euthanasia / Assisted Suicide - Archive
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed HR 3590, the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (P.L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119) which was drafted by the Senate. The following week, on March 30, 2010, he signed HR 4872, the “Health Care and...
by APFLI | May 13, 2015 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
Use and Abuse of POLST Forms Expands “Physician’s Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment” (POLST) forms were designed as a tool for end-of-life planning. More simple in concept than an advance health care directive, durable power of attorney for health care, or living...
by APFLI | Apr 9, 2005 | Treatment Concerns - Definitions / Living Wills / Palliative Care / Terminal or Excessive Sedation / Organ Donation / DCD or NHBD / Hospice / POLST / DNR
By Stephen Drake SPECIAL TO THE RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL (Nevada)Research Analyst for “Not Dead Yet,” a national disabilities group 11/22/2003 1. Do you support advance directives? Why or why not? We support detailed advance directives in regard to...
