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California voters passed a law two years ago that allows terminally ill people to take lethal drugs to end their lives, but controversy is growing over a…
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Ron Fleming is 74 now, but he's spent most of his life trying to recapture what life felt like when he was 21, fighting in Vietnam.Fleming was a door…
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There are lots of "you can beat it" messages out there for cancer patients. For some, the positive spin feels insulting. The Food and Drug Administration doesn't regulate hospital ads.
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The Indiana State Department of Health awarded a three-year $332,360 grant to the University of Southern Indiana for research into advance care planning…
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Nothing seemed to help the patient — and hospice staff didn’t know why.They sent home more painkillers for weeks. But the elderly woman, who had severe…
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In sunny patch of grass in the middle of Indianapolis’s Crown Hill Cemetery, 45 people gathered around a large blackboard. The words “Before I die…” were…
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In the old days, she would be propped up on a comfy pillow, in fresh cleaned sheets under the corner window where she would in days gone past watch her…
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This year, for the first time, Medicare is reimbursing physicians for the time spent discussing patients’ preferences for care at the end of life. For Dr.…
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BUFFALO — Twice already Narseary and Vernal Harris have watched a son die. The first time — Paul, at age 26 — was agonizing and frenzied, his body…
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Remember the so-called death panels?When Congress debated the Affordable Care Act in 2009, the legislation originally included a provision that would have…