Comments on: Palliative Care Information Act at the Bedside: Achieving Truly Informed Consent http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2011/07/20/palliative-care-information-act-at-the-bedside-achieving-truly-informed-consent/ End-of-Life Choice, Palliative Care and Counseling Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stu http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2011/07/20/palliative-care-information-act-at-the-bedside-achieving-truly-informed-consent/#comment-533 Stu Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:32:23 +0000 http://blog.compassionandchoices.org/?p=1540#comment-533 Yeah it can be such a sensitive topic but needs to really be addressed. You really do need to know what your options are well before the final moments Yeah it can be such a sensitive topic but needs to really be addressed. You really do need to know what your options are well before the final moments

]]> By: Blaine http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2011/07/20/palliative-care-information-act-at-the-bedside-achieving-truly-informed-consent/#comment-532 Blaine Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:42:45 +0000 http://blog.compassionandchoices.org/?p=1540#comment-532 Jo Ann Taylor -- Compassion & Choices takes an active role in legislative and executive action across the country, wherever we can shape policies affecting care and choice at the end of life. To stay abreast of the latest efforts, you can join our Action Network at: https://compassionandchoices.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=427 Jo Ann Taylor — Compassion & Choices takes an active role in legislative and executive action across the country, wherever we can shape policies affecting care and choice at the end of life. To stay abreast of the latest efforts, you can join our Action Network at:
https://compassionandchoices.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=427

]]> By: James Leonard Park http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2011/07/20/palliative-care-information-act-at-the-bedside-achieving-truly-informed-consent/#comment-531 James Leonard Park Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:04:16 +0000 http://blog.compassionandchoices.org/?p=1540#comment-531 The New York Palliative Care Information Act does not mention any of the specific end-of-life options except "palliative care" and hospice. A similar law was passed by California in 2008, called The California Right to Know Act, AB2747. This California law does mention a few of the end-of-life options that might be discussed between patient and doctor. But some of the most important (and controversial) options were dropped in order to help the bill pass. See the following text and critique of the California Act: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/AB2747.html The critique names the omitted end-of-life options and suggests a better approach would name all of the legal options available to doctors and their patients at the end of life. When a new law names and defines all of the legal options, then doctors are protected from second-guessing by anyone who disagrees with one of the legal options recommended. Yours, James Leonard Park, advocate of even more information at the end of life. The New York Palliative Care Information Act
does not mention any of the specific end-of-life options
except “palliative care” and hospice.

A similar law was passed by California in 2008,
called The California Right to Know Act, AB2747.

This California law does mention a few of the end-of-life options
that might be discussed between patient and doctor.
But some of the most important (and controversial) options were dropped
in order to help the bill pass.

See the following text and critique of the California Act:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/AB2747.html

The critique names the omitted end-of-life options
and suggests a better approach would name all of the legal options
available to doctors and their patients at the end of life.

When a new law names and defines all of the legal options,
then doctors are protected from second-guessing
by anyone who disagrees with one of the legal options recommended.

Yours,
James Leonard Park,
advocate of even more information at the end of life.

]]> By: Pat Creasey http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2011/07/20/palliative-care-information-act-at-the-bedside-achieving-truly-informed-consent/#comment-530 Pat Creasey Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:09:45 +0000 http://blog.compassionandchoices.org/?p=1540#comment-530 Thank you for the information re PCIA in New York. I will use this information to help inform seniors re options and alternatives at end of life. And the importance of knowing the options before reaching a stage when you might not understand things. Thank you for the information re PCIA in New York. I will use this information to help
inform seniors re options and alternatives at end of life. And the importance of knowing the options before reaching a stage when you might not understand things.

]]> By: Jo Ann Taylor http://www.compassionandchoices.org/2011/07/20/palliative-care-information-act-at-the-bedside-achieving-truly-informed-consent/#comment-529 Jo Ann Taylor Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:59:23 +0000 http://blog.compassionandchoices.org/?p=1540#comment-529 Any chance of getting this passed in Michigan where pertinent laws are so draconian that even discussing end-of-life choices, never mind helping a sufferer to locate information and supplies that could be used to end his/her life, can be construed as "assisting suicide"? Any chance of getting this passed in Michigan where pertinent laws are so draconian that even discussing end-of-life choices, never mind helping a sufferer to locate information and supplies that could be used to end his/her life, can be construed as “assisting suicide”?

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