Don’t Sign Your Life Away with MOLST
You will know a MOLST form when you see it by its bright pink color. (MOLST stands for Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment.) If you are elderly or seriously…
Undying Love The Palliative Care Deception
Much is being made of palliative care these days, especially in the doctor-assisted suicide debate. Prominent palliative care specialists such as Ira Byock and former assisted-suicide advocate Diane Meier strongly oppose such…
Undying Love, Hope, and Communication
I received an early morning phone call from my aunt. “Your mother is very upset. She doesn’t know what to do. You need to stop pressuring her about treatment. Dick…
Undying Love in the Hospital
The healthcare system has a very distinct line separating hospital care from outpatient care. Hospitals are expensive and so they are the main target of cost containment. Here is where…
Undying Love End of Life Care
Dick would commonly be thought of as my stepfather because he married my mother, but since they have only been married for nine years I consider him my mother’s husband.…
Life Issues Forum: The True Face of Assisted Suicide
By Richard M. Doerflinger FEBRUARY 26, 2016 Since California legalized assisted suicide last year for people diagnosed as terminally ill, the former Hemlock Society — now a multi-million-dollar operation called…
Dying by Starvation?
We have gone from questioning if we should provide necessary food and water to training people how to starve themselves to death. This is all in an effort to bring about…
Doctors Confused by DNR Orders
DNR orders are often misinterpreted by healthcare professionals to mean comfort care only instead of full care. Read the full post here. Doctor-prescribed suicide would lead to even more care…
Nature and dignity 