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In the Death with Dignity movement we all have experiences to share. These are our constituents' personal stories of courage, pain, joy, fear, sadness and hope.
To tell your story and help others understand why Death with Dignity laws are important please send an email to Melissa.
Always remember: you are not alone.
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Dr. Leeat Granek on Coping with Grief
Posted by Guest Blogger on January 26, 2012
With all of this talk in the media about whether or not grief is a mental disorder, we seemed to have missed the boat about what's most important when it comes to coping with our losses.
In this short video I did for Open to Hope Foundation, I talk about what I've learned about grief from both my own personal experience with loss and my academic research and work in this area.
The most important thing to remember is also the most simple—there's no right or wrong way to grieve. Part of the issue with grieving today is the lack of knowledge around ritual, and a discomfort we have around death, loss, and grief.
In the ...
Vermont Legislature Back in Session
Posted by Melissa Barber on January 9, 2012
With the start of new year, Vermont began the second half of its legislative biennium. During the 2012 session, their state legislature will take a new look at the bills introduced in 2011, and one which looks likely is the proposed Death with Dignity legislation (H. 274 and S. 103). The text of the joint bills emulates groundbreaking laws in Oregon and Washington.The proposed legislation has strong support with more than a third of lawmakers in both chambers signed on as sponsors and 64% of Vermont voters in favor of their lawmakers passing the legislation. This popular proposal has been featured by the media as well.
Vermont Public Radio featured a story last week about former US Congressman Richard ...
Why I Support Death with Dignity
Posted by Guest Blogger on December 26, 2011
Glenn Havelock has been interested in the rights of individuals as far back as he can remember, which makes his association with Death with Dignity a logical fit. An avid traveller, Glenn has visited over 100 countries. At times, he's ended up in some unique places, such as being two blocks away from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Glenn resides in Basking Ridge, NJ.
What death with dignity means to me: in a word, choice.
People that I discuss death with dignity with often ask me where my convictions came from. For me, it probably started with the story of Karen Ann Quinlan.
I'm often challenged by people who assert that "it's against the ...
If Only
Posted by Guest Blogger on November 28, 2011
Shahina Lakhani, RN, MSN has been a nurse for over 25 years. She's worked as an educator, Nurse Practitioner and a Hospice Nurse. Her passion is to help others experience well-being and live powerfully until their last breath. Below is a poem inspired by a true story about the suffering endured due to lack of an advance directive.I lay here in my hospital bed brain dead for months now My spirit hangs in despair between the veil of life and death
Death is what I endure here everyday
Life is what awaits me once I am allowed to be free
From all these tubes, machines and suffering
But who can blame my daughter she love me so dearly ...
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About Death with Dignity
The greatest human freedom is to live, and die, according to one's own desires and beliefs. From advance directives to physician-assisted dying, death with dignity is a movement to provide options for the dying to control their own end-of-life care.
Death with Dignity National Center is the leader in this movement, successfully establishing, advancing and defending the landmark Oregon and Washington Death with Dignity Acts.
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The Death with Dignity National Center partners with the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund to conduct lobbying and political activities in order to achieve the enactment of Death with Dignity laws in other states.
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The Death with Dignity National Center was formed out of a profound commitment to the idea that personal end-of-life decisions should be made solely between a patient and a physician. We are pleased to provide you with support and information as you face the difficult challenges ahead.
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