End of Life Care, Health Regulation & Law
Addressing Two Key Ethical Concerns in the UK to Ensure a Dignified Assisted Death
On 29 November 2024, a majority of the UK Parliament backed the Assisted Dying Bill in a vote described by some in the m...
Subject: End of Life Care
Clinical Ethics, Decision making, End of Life Care
Moral and Practical Considerations in the Debate on Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Termin...
A controversial Bill, titled Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, was recently proposed in England. The primary aim...
Artificial Intelligence, End of Life Care
The ‘Sarco Suicide Pod’ and Beyond: AI in the Future of End-of-Life Decisions?
Recent headlines have reignited the debate on assisted dying in light of technological advancements. Last month, the con...
End of Life Care, Policy
Ethical Mechanisms for Increasing Compliance with Institutional End-of-Life Policies
Over 200 million people globally have legal access to some form of aid in dying. In 2008, Washington became the second o...
Clinical Ethics, Editorial-AJOB, End of Life Care
By Statute or by Common Law? The Legal Determination of Death
The following editorial can be found in the January 2024 issue of American Journal of Bioethics. We were delighted to be...
End of Life Care
What Does True Equality in Assisted Dying Require?
The following editorial can be found in the September issue of The American Journal of Bioethics Shavelson et al. r...
Aging, End of Life Care
The Way We Die: Seeds of Wisdom from President Carter and My Mother
“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.” – Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President Ou...
End of Life Care, Health Care, Pediatrics
All That Matters
We call them loved ones, family, when life is thriving – intimate, caring. We know them as legal guardians, when death i...
End of Life Care, Pharmaceuticals
The Code Blue Pharmacist
A patient coded at my hospital without having clear guidelines about what he wanted for treatment plan. It left the hosp...
End of Life Care
COVID-19 Pandemic Imposes Clear End-Of-Life Decisions Criteria
by Carlo Bellieni, MD During the COVID-19 pandemic, end-of-life decision criteria for dying patients were the focus...
End of Life Care, Informed Consent, Technology
Improving the Informed Consent Process for Seniors Regarding AICDs: The Need for Bioethici...
by Arnold R. Eiser, MD MACP Our healthcare system is failing our most senior citizens by assuming they want and need to ...
Editorial-AJOB, End of Life Care
Brain Death Testing: Time for National Uniformity
This post appears in the June issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD It is time to revis...