WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off?...
hospiceHeart-shock device may disrupt quiet hospice deathHeadlines from the Associated Press Tue, 03/16/2010 - 01:19
Few Americans make end-of-life wishes knownHeadlines from the Associated Press Wed, 11/11/2009 - 18:30
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- Lillian Landry always said she wasn't afraid to die. So when death came last week, the 99-year-old was lying peacefully in a hospice with no needles or tubes. AP Newsbreak: FDA switch OKs hospice painkillerHeadlines from the Associated Press Thu, 04/09/2009 - 14:19
NEW YORK (AP) -- A liquid morphine painkiller given by family caregivers to dying patients can remain on the market, federal regulators have decided after hearing protests about their decision to remove it.... |
