Compassion & Choices, the nation’s largest nonprofit focused on end-of-life care, has helped pass medical-aid-in-dying laws in five other states. The group announced Wednesday that it is launching a bilingual education campaign for Colorado patients and medical professionals, including two statewi...
Billionaire philanthropist and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg has donated $1 billion to Johns Hopkins University to make medical school free for most students and increase financial aid for those in its nursing and public health graduate programs.Who...
Wow, Felix. And such a colorful vocabulary too. It would be nice if we started discussing the mental health issues in our country instead of first jumping to gun control when a tragedy like this happens. But wait, who would you pick on then? C.HestonAugust 1, 2012 A couple of points:...
The law also allows the state to consider end-of-life options allowed by hospitals seeking to establish a footprint or expand in Oregon, which in 1994 became the first state to legalize medical aid in dying. Crary reported from New York. Associated Press reporters Rachel La Corte in Olympia,...