LIFE MATTERS MEDIA STAFF The Maine Senate has given preliminary approval to a controversial bill that would allow physicians to prescribe terminally ill adults life-ending drugs. Under the proposal, an individual with a life-expectancy of six months or less would follow a procedure that includes a second opinion by a consulting physician, along with one […]
Knowing the Right Question to Ask BY SUSAN M. MATHEWS, PhD, RN, MSBE The call from the nursing home came at 8 on Wednesday morning. Mom was not getting up for breakfast. Mom was always dressed, with make-up on by 6:30. I told the caller I had a 2-hour drive but was leaving immediately. When […]
BY DANIEL GAITAN | daniel@lifemattersmedia.org New Mexico could soon join a handful of states allowing physician-assisted suicide. A controversial measure that would allow terminally ill New Mexicans to end their lives with doctor-prescribed drugs passed its final House committee Wednesday. It’s now headed to the House floor, the Albuquerque Journal reports. House Bill 90, also known […]
BY DANIEL GAITAN | daniel@lifemattersmedia.org Michael Hebb never expected a train ride to change his life — or the lives of countless men and women across the globe. While on a train traveling from Portland to Seattle in 2012, Hebb spoke with two doctors in a dining car about the state of the American health […]
LIFE MATTERS MEDIA STAFF Throughout 2018, Life Matters Media and our expert contributors covered a variety of end of life-related issues. Here’s a look back at some of the stories that resonated most with readers and were widely shared on social media. Feeling Lonely Or Alone? Bored Or Empty? by Susan M. Mathews, PhD, RN, MSBE […]