Doctors feared saving suicidal young woman Oct 2, 2009
LONDON: Doctors allowed a young woman to kill herself because she had signed a ''living will'' that meant they could have been prosecuted if they intervened to save her life ... It is thought to be the first time someone has used a living will to commit suicide ... So-called living wills allow patients to set out what treatment they do not want should they become seriously ill. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Doctors allowed woman, 26, with 'living will' to die Oct 2, 2009
A 26-year-old woman who drank poison was allowed to die in a British hospital after handing doctors a living will begging them not to save her life ... However, when she arrived she handed over a letter, or living will, clearly stating she realised what she had done and did not want doctors to save her life ... A recent inquest into her death in September 2007 heard how the doctors had no legal alternative but to let her die because she had signed her living will. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Doctors 'forced' to allow suicide Oct 2, 2009
Miss Wooltorton had also written a living will ... Kerrie Wooltorton, 26, of Norwich, had also made a "living will" requesting no intervention if she tried to take her own life, a Norwich inquest heard ... The hospital said the living will did not play a part in the decision. (BBC News -- Health)
Doctors Forced to Let Woman, 26, Die Oct 2, 2009
It is believed to be the first time a so-called "living will" has been used in the country to legally aid someone's suicide ... Known in medical terms as an advance directive, living wills are designed to guide doctors on treatment for patients after they become incapable of decisions or terminally ill not for suicides ... Wooltorton wrote her living will on September 15, 2007, explaining that she was "100 percent aware of the consequences" of taking poison and that she did not want treatment. (Fox News)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Oct 1, 2009
Doctors allowed a young woman, Kerrie Wooltorton, to kill herself because she had signed a living will that meant they could have been prosecuted if they intervened to save her life. The West will give Iran until the end of the year to prove its nuclear programme will not be used to manufacture weapons. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
Mahathir: Switch strategy to achieve Vision 2020 Sep 30, 2009
Wages go up and the cost of living will also go up slightly, he said. Dr Mahathir said the Govern- ment could help propel local private companies by providing low interest loans and facilitating licensing. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Getting tough Sep 30, 2009
I wrote a living will and went for it. As a surgeon I was well aware of the operative risks. (BBC News -- UK)
COLUMN: Estate planning not just for seniors Sep 26, 2009
There is something else, called a living will. A living will is a statement of what your medical wishes are in the event you become ill ... In 1990, Massachusetts established its preference for the health-care proxy over the living will when it codified the Health Care Proxy Law. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Sen. Brown: Climate bill can't pass without aid to manufacturers Sep 23, 2009
"I do know for sure that there are a number of us who understand that manufacturing is so important to this country that if we don't do manufacturing right, our standard of living will continue to decline."We need some sort of border equalization temporary, not permanent until the Chinese and others move in the direction they need to on this issue," Brown added.Among lawmakers' concerns is a sense that climate legislation in the U.S. would provide manufacturers with an incentive to... (TheHill.com)
Sooner or Later . . . Windmills? Sep 19, 2009
Green living will come slowly for multiple reasons. In the case of windmills at a home, there will be opposition from nearby residents who deem them to be unsightly and the installation costs, which will vary depending on what is required. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
WHITTAKER: A final wish is a caring gift Sep 19, 2009
When I asked my lawyer to draw up my will, I also requested that he prepare advance directives (sometimes known as a "living will") and a health care proxy. My mother did the same so when she, at age 91 and suffering from advanced Parkinson s disease, suffered a series of mini-strokes, the nursing home staff and I knew that she did not want to be rushed to the hospital and subjected to aggressive levels of care. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Senior Neighbors: Sept. 17 Sep 18, 2009
It is a living will that includes one s personal, emotional, spiritual and medical wishes. Once it is filled out and properly signed, it is valid under Massachusetts state law. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Click to read:Experts Push 1 Cent per Ounce Soda Tax Sep 17, 2009
When you don't want to tax capital gains, that means those who work for a living will have their wages taxed. Taxing sugar-water that is making us obese and has no nutritional value, is not in any way a necessity for those who are poor or struggling - that's a very good target for a tax. (CBS News)
Responsibility, death panels and doctors Sep 16, 2009
cameronconservative wrote on Sep 13, 2009 2:23 PM:" As usual you have the President's school message wrong. The issue is not the normal stay in school and make a better life but Obama's Health and Education official and the teacher talking points of having the students write a letter to the chosen one and state how they could help him. That was the issue that crossed the line.On the subject of death panels, whats the problem, the Democratic Party is locked in the abortion on demand so why not... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Blumenauer's end-of-life counseling once favored by Palin Sep 15, 2009
Palin signed a proclamation raising awareness on an issue, asking knowledgeable Alaskans to volunteer their time to help fellow Alaskans with answering any questions they may have on end-of-life issues," she added. Blumenauer s office called Palin s proclamation the same difference as the congressman s federal amendment. Death panels still resonate with Americans A late August poll by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that Palin s characterization of end-of-life counseling as death... (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Local Officials See Support Growing for Anti-Meth Law Sep 11, 2009
During a roundtable discussion Tuesday with national drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, the issue was discussed and "to a person," participants agreed that pseudoephedrine needs to be controlled through prescriptions, said Washington Mayor Dick Stratman who attended the session in St. Louis. "I think the overwhelming message was that we need to control meth precursors, especially pseudoephedrine," Stratman said. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
A ticket to somewhere Sep 9, 2009
"Last year was a boom year, then the Australian dollar crashed. It made a big impact because a lot of our customers are Australian, she said. In June this year, her photo sales had fallen 50 per cent from the same period in 2008. Donations to Helping Hands have also dropped, although fundraising efforts such as a US$23,000 (about $27,500) donation raised by a young Irishwoman who rowed 250 kilometres down the Shannon River- Ireland's longest river - have helped. Ms Groves radical life-change... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Realtor jumps in with both feet for Gateway Quarter revival Sep 9, 2009
The OTR Gateway Quarter Tour of Living will be noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 13. For more information, see www. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Isnt it rationing when people lack coverage? Sep 8, 2009
But wait, I already have a durable power of attorney and a living will with an advance directive. I must be killing myself if you follow the logic. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Get the bill and read it (62) Sep 8, 2009
This includes a living will, granting power of attorney to a designated person, directive to physician (if terminal do you want to be kept alive with tubes, respirator, etc. or not, and power of attorney to a person to make medical decisions if you are not able to do so, etc. (Boerne Star, TX)
Betsy McCaughey Addresses New York Times: Charges of Falsehoods But No Evidence Sep 6, 2009
Doctors' quality ratings will be determined in part by the percentage of the doctor's patients who create a living will and the percentage who adhere to it. (And quality ratings affect a doctor's Medicare reimbursement). (PR Newswire)
Health insurance rip-off continues Sep 5, 2009
Republican congressmen and their surrogates are lying to the American people about the health care reform plan, constantly repeating lies and falsehoods, such as government takeover, death panels for the elderly, instead of a living will which millions of Americans already have. This all becomes part of a staged, well-organized, well-funded consortium of many far right-wing facets, all working in conjunction with each other, knowingly or not, to make sure Obama and the Democrats fail. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
"Death Panels" Born in Heartland Hospital Sep 5, 2009
The living will also helped when his mother's health failed when she was 82 ... I've been involved in such decision making for my terminally ill grandmother whom had living will drawn instructing no life saving measures be performed on her ... Had she not a living will we could have ordered life saving measures and intubation/life support for months costing us and/or tax payers hundreds of thousands. (CBS News)
Barclays Says U.K. Regulator's Demand for Living Will Is `Very Difficult' Sep 5, 2009
Barclays Says Living Will Demand Is Very Difficult (Update3) - Bloomberg ... Barclays Says Living Will Demand Is Very Difficult (Update3) ... Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- , the U.K.s second- largest bank, will find it very difficult to write a living will as proposed by Britains Financial Services Authority, according to Group Finance Director. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Republicans’ shameless senior moment Sep 4, 2009
How many of the elderly politicians who took this item out of the Senate bill have themselves signed a living will. I don t think older Americans are dupes for generational conflict. (Boston Globe)
What's not to like about this health reform? Sep 4, 2009
Living wills are between doctors, patients, and their families. No one will have to have a living will if they don't want one. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Right to reject medical care upheld Sep 4, 2009
DOCTORS and paramedics must withhold life-saving medical care if a patient has previously made a ''living will'' that clearly states they do not want a specific treatment, such as kidney dialysis or a blood transfusion. A landmark NSW Supreme Court decision has upheld the right to refuse medical treatment, even if the decision was made only in anticipation, and well before treatment was needed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Advance Health Care Directives and Living Wills: A step-by-step guide Sep 4, 2009
Health Directives and Living Wills ... If someone plans to set up an advance health care directive, living will, or similar document, here's what he needs to think about ... The person should consider how he wants to live during a terminal illness, and what his end-of-life preferences are when creating a health care directive or living will. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Guilty by Association Sep 4, 2009
" My girlfriend, a former military officer, has read the booklet and said it in no way advocates ending your life. It's about making decisions now about how you want to be treated when you are fatally ill, rather than leaving your loved ones in a heart-breaking position of trying to decide for your. (She's now made out a living will, and so have I.)Read it yourself. Just type "Your Life, Your Choices," and download the PDF.Don't take my word for it, and don't take Bill's.Getting back to Dr.... (Cameron Observer, MO)
End-of-life decisions comforting to discuss Sep 3, 2009
I was motivated to prepare a living will, to designate a medical power of attorney and to list medical directives for care givers. The process involved phone discussions with my children who live hundreds of miles away and a conversation with my primary-care physician. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Opposing side missing in story Sep 3, 2009
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MORE ON GIFFORDS' TOWN HALL MEETING: Both sides share concerns Sep 2, 2009
The congresswoman said that issue has been debunked over and over again, saying what the proposal involved is the right to have Medicare pay for counseling for a family in preparing such things a living wills ... Ben wrote on Sep 1, 2009 12:16 PM:" On the death panel issue, Ms. Giffords states that the provision in HR 3200 is merely there to "pay for counseling for a family in preparing such things a living wills ... " I challenge anybody that believes this is all that provision is for to read... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Obituaries in the news Sep 2, 2009
She also championed a law giving patients the right to determine their medical care at the end of their life, which became known as the Living Will Act. In April, O'Brien was given the Clement Museum Humanitarian Leadership Award for her lifetime achievements. (Anchorage Daily News)
Economy derails mixed-use projects Sep 1, 2009
The desire for less sprawl and more efficient living will outlive the recession, he said. There was a reason the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker all lived around the corner from each other. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Living Wills are nothing new Sep 1, 2009
All of us should have discussed with our loved ones what kind of care we want at the end of our life, and then should have completed an Advance Health Care Directive, also called a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care or a Living Will. Doing this while we are still capable can save a great deal of grief, and also legal problems, for our survivors. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Franklin: Black mayor first memo is bigoted Aug 31, 2009
Baby Momma and Baby Daddy living will continue to disgust every one who want a better life and a better country. Take a page out of the books or the migrant Africans, West Indians, southeast and far east Orientals and Indians. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Hirokazu Kore-eda's 'Still Walking' Aug 31, 2009
"This thing that we are living will be gone very soon - it won't last a long time," says the director Hirokazu Kore-eda. "There's that scene where the son is in a bathtub and asks his father: Can't you figure this out? That's exactly what I asked my parents at one point.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Just three items call HR 3200 into question Aug 30, 2009
You may think it is just a Living Will but Living Wills are drawn up by an attorney based on your input, and signed and dated by you. They are not signed and dated by an undefined health care professional to be followed by other health care professionals. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Rep. Jerry McNerney: Health care bill will save money, not increase deficit Aug 29, 2009
A doctor will be paid to talk to patients about issues like a living will, but only if the patient requests it. McNerney said he's not sure if the provision, known as "advanced directive," will be included in the final version of the bill. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Letter: Where are church leaders in health-care debate? Aug 29, 2009
Gypsy wrote on Aug 28, 2009 12:29 PM:" Fred Brewer: You rock! Your letter is spot on. Too many are worshiping at the altars of Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Coulter, ad nauseum.I am glad that the fundamentalist religious zealots of this country have, so far at least, left their far right opinions on ice. We have already seen the lies about the proposed health care bill claim that includes the right to abortion. No where in any of the proposed legislation does it include the right to paid... (Montana Standard, MT)
Two small businessmen worry — but disagree Aug 28, 2009
She had a living will so we knew what she wanted. Why would I object to anyone being told about the advantages of a living will or the availability of hospice care. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Spewingout money Aug 28, 2009
Naturally, JMRs around the world realize that the secret punctuation code is calling attention to the huge increase in Federal Reserve credit, which will (so the Fed hopes) become a vastly increased money supply when people borrow the new "money" and get it into circulation, which means that inflation in consumer prices will increase horrifically as this new money is used to bid for a static-in-the-short-run supply of goods and services, which means that the number of people that will suffer a... (Asia Times Online)
LETTER: Conservatives lie about health care reform Aug 27, 2009
As for the end of life option where government pays for you to talk to your doctor about a living will (death panels. and the so-called new death book for veterans, they too are distortions. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Senior Subjects: A reasoned discussion on end-of-life counseling Aug 27, 2009
He says that it s useless to have a living will, as we call it he has never taken seriously the living will he created years ago: unless I m comatose or demented, they re going to ask me at the time whether or not I want to be resuscitated if I go into cardiac arrest. The paper I signed years ago will mean nothing and if I m totally out of it my family will decide, with little or no reference to my living will ... Creating a living will and a healthcare proxy (besides documents like a... (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Resolving end-of-life problems Aug 26, 2009
In North Dakota law, there s provision for a health care directive or living will. Interesting the law reads: Every competent adult has the right and responsibility to make the decisions relating to the adult s own health care, including the decision to have health care provided, withheld or withdrawn. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Toxic debates offer no cure Aug 25, 2009
He opposes that plan, not because it would create death panels, as Sarah Palin would have us believe, but because he doubts the effectiveness of living wills to ensure the patient's wishes are followed. The columnist writes: You are told constantly how very important it is to write your living will years in advance ... It's a mistake, I think, to pooh-pooh end-of-life counseling At a minimum, a living will can give families a sense of what the patient would want. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Analysis: Health overhaul tactics need overhaul Aug 25, 2009
Such consultation would have been voluntary and dealt with questions such as the creation of a living will. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Is VA pushing vets to accept death? Judge for yourself Aug 25, 2009
How to prepare a personalized living will ... just to clarify the living will ... I have a living will. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
5 Legal Documents Everyone Should Have Aug 25, 2009
From Living Wills to Power of Attorney, How to Best Protect Your Family ... Living Will and Financial Durable Power of Attorney ... There are two documents that Neely said go together -- a Living Will and a Financial Durable Power of Attorney. (ABC News)
Finance director not optimistic on economy Aug 25, 2009
As utility rates and the cost of gas continue to increase in the San Pedro Valley and the rest of Cochise County, the average cost of living will also continue to rise for residents. Carreira said the primary reason for the increase between the first and second quarter is utility rate increases. (Benson San Pedro Valley News Sun, AZ)
Read Chris Wallace's interview Aug 24, 2009
DUCKWORTH: Well, I have to say, Chris, that this is a really important discussion because when I was in Iraq and I was injured, thank goodness I had an advanced directive, that I had both a living will and a medical power of attorney that my husband was able to use to really execute my wishes. And I don't think that anybody values life more than somebody such as myself or those of us who work at V.A. who've been in combat, who knows what it's like to be given a second choice. (Fox News)
Estate planning assures control of your assets Aug 24, 2009
An estate plan can be as simple as drafting a will or as complex as setting up a trust and a living will ... LIVING WILL: A living will provides a way for an individual to communicate the desire for life-saving measures in case the person becomes incapacitated ... In addition to a living will, individuals can also assign medical power of attorney to someone they trust who can further ensure that their wishes are fulfilled. (The Augusta Chronicle)
online_editor Aug 24, 2009
The conversations between doctor and patient would include living wills, making a close relative or a trusted friend your health care proxy, learning about hospice as an option for the terminally ill, and information about pain medications for people suffering chronic discomfort ... Q: Should the federal government be getting involved with living wills and end-of-life questions -- decisions that are highly personal and really difficult ... The government requires hospitals to ask adult patients... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Taking us for a ride on health care (5) Aug 23, 2009
Section 1233, which Palin claims is the one containing the evil, merely allows doctors to hold voluntary consultations with their patients on such matters as a living will and other advance instructions on the care the patients choose to receive as their inevitable time of death approaches. The section provides Medicare funding if you would like to have your doctor to help you consider such questions as whether you want to be kept alive in a permanent vegetative state. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Dont let myth derail efforts Aug 23, 2009
This provision would provide a new optional benefit that would pay doctors for their time if a person on Medicare chose to consult them for information on advance care planning, such as making a living will, appointing a health proxy and hospice care. Such consultations are currently not covered by Medicare. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Let's Be Honest About Death Counseling Aug 23, 2009
It's just that we want the doctors to talk to you about putting in place a living will and other such instruments ... Then consider the actual efficacy of a living will ... You are told constantly how very important it is to write your living will years in advance. (Human Events Online)
Now, ICICI's Kochhar among 4 'women to watch' globally Aug 23, 2009
About Iceland Prime Minister, it said "the onetime stewardess won election in February on a plan to save a nation in financial collapse. Has recapitalized banks, introduced tough regulations and cut the deficit. She's trying to push entry into the EU and adoption of the euro, both unpopular and has warned Icelanders that their "standard of living will contract sharply", it added. On the Bank of America executive, it said a year after being forced out of Citigroup, Krawcheck was back on Wall... (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
White House explains Obama 'Wee-weed up' comment... Aug 22, 2009
SURELY POVERTY AND HARD LIVING WILL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF HIS TERM.. FROM HENCE FORTH WE WILL LIVE ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES IN A RENTED HOME WITH AN OVERSEAS LANDLORD.. (The Drudge Report)
Don't settle for status quo Aug 22, 2009
Clear instructions should be given so that you, your care and your family do not become a political football, as Terri Schiavo's did when she had no living will. Lying to and scaring our seniors by saying that these discussions mean that our government wishes to end their lives to save money is immoral. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
EDITORIAL: Death Panel hysteria Aug 22, 2009
Medicare requires hospitals, nursing homes and hospices to tell patients of their right to accept or refuse treatment and to urge them to make a "living will" and designate a proxy to see that it is carried out if they are incapacitated. The New York Times has traced the origins of the "death panel" rumors to the right-wing press, which have been picked up and amplified by assorted right-wing talkers to batter President Obama's planned health-care reforms. (Beverly Citizen, MA)
The GOP Has Become a Party of Nihilists Aug 21, 2009
He was pretty sure, but not certain, that he'd signed a living will. He was very reluctant to sign an enduring power of attorney to empower me, or my brother, to make decisions about his care and my mom's if he were incapacitated. (Time.com)
Mind-boggling statement Aug 21, 2009
Some bipartisan proposals would let Medicare pay for optional living wills. How the far-right nut cases have managed to convince Ms. Palin that filing an already widely used document such as a living will amounts to the establishment of death panels boggles the mind ... I'd rather argue the insanity (and low status) of trying to convince old people that a section of a bill that says basically, IF YOU WANT TO CONSULT WITH A DOCTOR ABOUT YOUR LIVING WILL - YOU CAN DO SO EVERY 5 YRS AND HAVE IT... (Helena Independent Record)
Senior Neighbors: Aug. 20 Aug 21, 2009
It is a living will that includes one s personal, emotional, spiritual and medical wishes. Once it is filled out and properly signed, it is valid under Massachusetts state law. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
The Health Care Debate the Media Missed Aug 21, 2009
I looked up that section and it refers to Medicare covering for the first time doctor-patient consultations about end of life planning such as drawing up a living will or planning hospice treatment. It describes "advance care planning," clearly stating (on page 424, lines 21-23) "the term advance care planning' means a consultation between the individual and a practitioner." It is NOT about an interaction between the individual and the government. (CBS News -- Politics)
AGING & CARING: 5 legal documents you need for your parents Aug 20, 2009
Also known as a living will or advance health care directive, this document sets out what kind of care your parents want to receive if and when they become ill or incapacitated. A durable power of attorney for healthcare and HIPAA release. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
