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The Best Care Possible
Ira Byock MD, "The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life"
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In a video that has been viewed by millions in recent weeks, 29-year-old Brittany Maynard explains her plan to end her life on Nov. 1, 2014. Maynard suffers from terminal brain cancer. Instead of waiting for the disease to kill her, she decided to move to Oregon with her husband and mother so that she could legally obtain a lethal prescription and end her life on a day of her choosing. Currently, her plan is a legal option in only five states. Advocates say it can be a critical component of end-of-life care and should be more widely available. Diane and a panel of guests discuss the debate over “aid in dying,” also known as doctor-assisted suicide. (Watch Maynard’s video below)
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/201...
Guests:
Dr. Ira Byock, chief medical officer for Providence's Institute for Human Caring, and the author of The Best Care Possible: A Physician's Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life.
Barbara Coombs Lee, president, Compassion & Choices (https://www.compassionandchoices.org/), co-author of the nation’s first death with dignity law in Oregon that took effect in 1997
Update: Brittany Maynard Ends Her Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lHXH...
Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old newlywed diagnosed earlier this year with terminal brain cancer, went forward with her plan to end her life Nov. 1.
In this video, posted days before she died, she talks about her decision and saying goodbye.
Video: A Terminally Ill Patient On Her Decision To Die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPfe3...
Brittany Maynard, who was given six months to live in April, explains why she has chosen to end her life with medication and why she’s pushing to expand Death with Dignity laws across the U.S.