In this month's Spotlight, Dr. Bruce "BJ" Miller, MD, President and Counselor for Mettle Health; and Paul Menzel, PhD, Advisor to the Completed Life Initiative, discuss the role that autonomy plays in Palliative care. While Palliative care is primarily focused around the reduction of suffering...
Hospice Transparency with Medical Aid-in-Dying Policy by Gianna R. Strand and Karin Sobeck Hospice Transparency with Medical Aid-in-Dying Policy: Addressing Importance and Compliance with California’s End of Life Options Act - SB 380, prepared by Gianna R. Strand, MS, Karin Sobeck, RN, MSN, MSBe, for the...
LISTEN TO Episode Nine: "Diary of a Wheel Girl" - The Story of Rachelle Chapman For this episode, we spoke to Rachelle Chapman, an author and activist who suffered a spinal cord injury in 2010 that left her quadriplegic. Rachelle has since become an outspoken voice...
In this month's edition of the Poetry Corner series, Delano Copprue reads from the transcendent works of Walt Whitman. Together with his contemporary Emily Dickinson (who was featured last month), he is credited as one of the founders of a uniquely American poetic voice. Delano's selections...
This month's Spotlight highlights a discussion between David Gruenewald, M.D., and David N. Hoffman, J.D. about the use of advance directives at the end-of-life, and to ensure how they are honored by your healthcare team and caregivers.This subject is especially important as we celebrate National...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkn4NWKrsSIThis Town Hall discussion features an important clarifying conversation on key definitions and affiliate terms relating to Voluntary Assisted Dying ("VAD"). Our esteemed speakers presented an important clarifying overview of international perspectives and misnomers that persist regarding VAD, and will examine the term “euthanasia," which...
LISTEN TO Episode Eight: "The Story of Cheryl Romaire" In this episode, we will meet Cheryl Romaire. Cheryl lives with two autoimmune-triggered inflammatory spine diseases – as well as numerous related conditions, all of which cause serious neurological symptoms, the most present of which is a...
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For this month's edition of the Poetry Corner series, Delano Copprue reads two poems by Emily Dickinson. Born in 1830, Dickinson is one of the most famous women in the world of Poetry. Together with her contemporary Walt Whitman (who will be featured in April),...
In this Spotlight, Completed Life Advisory Board Member, Thaddeus M. Pope, JD, PhD, HEC-C, takes us through the three forms Medical Aid-in-Dying legislation could take, now and in the future. WATCH FULL SESSION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSaliUx9Yw&list=PLGI5vXsQ3LVX_pLtMfMbBpGxe5k-jZhWv&index=4...
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