Category / End of Life Ethics
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Respecting the Disabled at End of Life
Where do we stand when it comes to people with disabilities and end of life issues?
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Removing Kidneys Before Death
Should we remove kidneys from a dying person before they are dead?
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Rationing Care to Elderly and Terminal Patients
Harvey Tettlebaum, partner with the Husch Blackwell Law Firm, and Sandy Silva, program associate at the Center for Practical Bioethics, address whether rationing care to elderly and terminal patients is ethically or legally appropriate under any circumstances. (Nov. 29, 2011)
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Organ Donation: The Ethics of First Person Consent
There are more people who need organs than there are organs available.
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Medical Futility: Wrong Medicine?
Lawrence Schneiderman, professor emeritus at the University of California at San Diego and co-author of a new book, Wrong Medicine – Doctors, Patients and Futile Treatment, discusses new approaches to the concept of medical futility.
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To Feed or Not to Feed?
That’s the question facing medical professionals and families about the use of artificial nutrition and hydration.
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Grace Before Dying
“Grace Before Dying” is a traveling exhibit portraying a hospice program run by prisoners in Louisiana.
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Hope in Pediatric Palliative Care
Chris Feudtner, MD, of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, explains the concept of thinking and feeling your way through pediatric palliative care.
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Joan Berkley: 2011 Vision to Action Award
Joan Berkley receives the 2011 Vision to Action Award.
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Withdrawal of Medicare Provision for End of Life Counseling
The overwhelming majority of Americans will die of complications from a chronic disease.
