Videos of Previous Events Archives - Page 2 of 2

What To do With the Body

Sept. 17, 2017 - Options for using your body for good after you die, including tissue and organ donation, as well as body donation to universities for use by medical students to practice operations and saving money on funerals.

California End of Life Option Act – One Year Later

July 16, 2017 - Hemlock Society of San Diego Meeting Speakers: Dr. Bob Uslander, MD. Dr. Bob is dedicated to…

Cannabis and End-of-Life Care

May 21, 2017 - Describes use of medical cannabis as a pain reliever. As with most medications, there are side effects to consider. There are several different kinds off cannabis, each having distinct medical properties.

What If Your Heart Stops?

March 19, 2017 - video not available. San Diego's EMS Director, Dr. James Dunford, talked about CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), how often it is successful, how many people think they have a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order but they don't - who should have one and how you get it.

Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED) as a way to Hasten Death

November 20, 2016 - Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking . Video not available - only Power Point. (VSED) can sometimes be quicker than using California's End of Life Option Act, which requires a 15-day waiting period between requests for life-ending drugs.

Canada’s New Assisted Dying Law More Advanced Than the U.S

September 18, 2016 - Canada has an assisted dying law for the entire country, which may include voluntary euthanasia rather than just self-administration; and, may extend its provisions to people not just terminally ill.

Stroke and End-of-Life Care

July 17, 2016 - Stroke and End of Life Care. Stroke is in the top 5 most common causes of death in the U.S. Many persons have a range of disabilities following a stroke. This talk explains strokes and how they effect people, and the importance of quick treatment after a stroke.

If You Don’t Qualify For The End Of Life Option Act What Then?

May 17, 2016 - What if you can't qualify for California's End of LIfe Option Act? SpeakersSally Hall, MD and Final Exit Network guide, and Bob Uslander, MD, discuss alternatives, Final Exit Network, VSED, holistic hospice, palliative care, terminal sedation.

Implementing the End-of-Life Options LAW

Nov. 19, 2015 - How does the law work in Oregon? What will hospice do?

What we can Learn from How Doctors Die

Sept. 27, 2015 - Our distinguished speaker was Dr. Ken Murray, author of the seminal paper, How Doctors Die. He is a retired family practitioner in Los Angeles. There were two excellent discussants: local, practitioning doctors who have registered their support for aid in dying.