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Lori Brand Patient Bill of Rights Act of 2025: This week, the Lori Brand Patient Bill of Rights Act of 2025 became law in Oklahoma. The statute outlines patients’ rights and responsibilities to ensure they receive respectful and informed care. Many of… dlvr.it/TKzLqs

Law and the 100 Year Life: Transforming Our Institutions for a Longer Lifespan: Recent studies suggest that many Americans will be able to live longer than ever –reaching 100 in record numbers and experiencing a greater quality of life throughout. Such a… dlvr.it/TKzj3F

Medical Aid-in-Dying & Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (video): This one-hour video from California's Mettle Health provides a nice introductory overview of both MAID and VSED. And it dives into practical implementation challenges for… dlvr.it/TL0jCF

French National Assembly Approves MAID Law: Yesterday, France's Assemblée Nationale adopted a bill to allow adults with incurable illnesses to take lethal medication. This is the initial step in a lengthy process that could grant patients medical… dlvr.it/TL2JLk

Our recent annual lecture on medical aid in dying featured two speakers. Dr. Pope spoke about the law and the ethics around MAID, and Carol spoke about her own experience as her mom used MAID in NJ. You can watch the recording on our website. #MAID #eolcny #leavehowyoulike #eol

Medical Futility Case Jury Trial - Schara v. Ascension Health: Medical malpractice cases are almost always settled and dismissed before they get to a jury trial. But not Schara v. Ascension. A jury trial is scheduled to begin on Monday, June 2, 2025, in… dlvr.it/TL2nDN

MAID/VAD Drugs Ingested by Non-Patients: Several U.S. cases have been documented in medical literature of a non-patient ingesting a patient's MAID/VAD medications. Now Australia has just had its second case.   Notably, this is not a risk unique to… dlvr.it/TL3JTm

European Atlas of Palliative Care: A new European Atlas of Palliative Care reveals stark inequalities in access to palliative services across 56 countries. The report uncovers serious shortfalls in care provision, education, policy, and access to… dlvr.it/TL3qjK

I Don’t Want to Die Like That! Choosing to Stop Eating and Drinking Instead (VSED): The Vermont Ethics Network is presenting a spring 2025 series of palliative care webinars. The third session (on June 10) is I Don’t Want to Die Like That! Choosing to… dlvr.it/TL4qB6

VSED Guidance for Nutrition & Dietetics Professionals: A new article argues that nutrition and dietetics professionals should not support patients seeking to pursue VSED. The author anchors their analysis in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Code of… dlvr.it/TL5Wn3

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VSED Prevalence in Japan: In 2016, a survey published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care of nearly 1000 Japanese home hospice physicians and palliative care specialists (with >60% response rate) found 32% had cared for patients undergoing VSED.  Now, a… dlvr.it/TL6lBL

Nevada Approves Uniform Health Care Decisions Act: Delaware and Utah have already enacted the 2023 version of the Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (a model act from the Uniform Law Commission). This week, the Nevada legislature also approved the UHCDA. dlvr.it/TL7Zb1