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NHAELO Blog: Voices & Perspectives
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End-of-Life Planning & MAiD Workshop Thru OLLI
This fall, the New Hampshire Alliance for End of Life Options will offer a course through UNH’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)—an exciting step in bringing practical, informed conversation about…
Pew Survey Shows Broad Moral Acceptance of Medical Aid in Dying — and a Key Shift in Language
A recent Pew Research Center report on Americans’ views of moral issues found that 63 percent of U.S. adults either view medical aid in dying as morally acceptable or do not…
Walking the Path of Life
Walking the Path of Life (2) I thought I’d have a little more time to talk about my medical condition with my 5 grand-daughters. My rare disease is hard enough…
Recommended Books
Find support and understanding in book collection, highlighting many excellent resources on death, dying, bereavement and grief.
The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
The Art of Dying Well
Being Mortal
News Articles
Explore a wide range of articles offering insights into end-of-life planning, legal options, and personal stories to guide and inform your decisions.
France adopts Medical Aid in Dying
PARIS, July 15 (Reuters) – French lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a bill that will create a legal right to assisted dying for adults with incurable illnesses, capping an intense ethical…
American Association of Suicidology: MAiD is Not Suicide
The American Association of Suicidology, this country’s largest suicide prevention organization, has restored its position statement distinguishing medical aid in dying from suicide. AAS states that suicide and medical aid…
Most Americans Say MAiD is Morally Acceptable
About six-in-ten Americans say that patients choosing to end their lives with the help of a doctor is either morally acceptable (34%) or not a moral issue (29%). Another 35%…
Selected Articles
Following are peer-reviewed journal articles and other essays, and opinion pieces you may find helpful. We encourage you to explore additional articles by your topic of interest.
VSED
Quill, et.al. JAMA Internal Medicine 2018;178(1):123-127 Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking Among Patients with Serious Advanced Illness-Clinical, Ethical and Legal Aspects VSED Among Patients with Serious Advanced Illness
Judith Schwarz. End of Life Choices New York. Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking
Advance Care Planning
NH Foundation for Healthy Communities: NH Advanced Care Planning Guide.pdf
Aging and Aging Parents
Ansberry, Clare. Wall Street Journal. 7/14/2021. The New Tools for Helping Aging Parents – WSJ
HealthCare Proxy
American Bar Association. Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else – A New Hampshire Handbook. Medical Decisions Handbook
Palliative and Hospice Care
Rodrigues Feliciano, Diana and Reis-Pina, Paulo. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2024 Home Based Palliative Care -Review
Merilynne Rush. Dying Year; Compassionate Communities: A Public Health Approach to End-of-Life Care
MAiD
Kaplan, et.al. Medical Aid in Dying: A Narrative Review of the Recent Literature in the United States
https://www.cureus.com/articles/454741-medical-aid-in-dying-a-narrative-review-of-the-recent-academic-literature-in-the-united-states#!/
NHAELO MAiD Process & Safeguards
Medical Ethics and Technology
American Hospital Association. When I’m 64: How Boomers Will Change Healthcare How Boomers Will Change Health Care
Spirituality
The Conversation Project. One Church’s Journey to Normalizing Conversations about What Matters Most in Life, Death, and Dying
Dementia
Steinbock and Menzel. September-October 2018/HASTINGS CENTER REPORT; Advance Directives for Refusing Life Sustaining Treatment in Dementia
DementiaDirectiveSupplement A sample of individual, personalized writing