PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN DATE AND LOCATION. Continuing with our exploration of dementia and the right to die, we invite you to join us for a free screening and discussion of Still Alice. Julianne Moore stars as Dr. Alice…
By Anne M. Haule, Hemlock Society Member and VolunteerRecently I went to a movie theater and saw my first movie in over 14 months of pandemic. It was so exciting to be in an actual theater again instead watching films…
58 year old Kelly Bone, with early onset Alzheimer's, discusses her plans to go to a clinic for euthanasia. One of the requirements for all of the US medical aid in dying laws is mental capacity; Alzheimer's patients cannot use…
Drew Schlosberg interviews Barry Price, Ph.D., President and Faye Girsh, EdD, Founder, of the Hemlock of Society of San Diego for Spotlight on the Community radio program. They discuss the history of the Hemlock Society of San Diego, the Hemlock…
Fresh Air, NPR - Jan. 30, 2017 Terry Gross talks with author of "Modern Death" and fellow in cardiology at Duke University Medical Center, Dr. Haider Warraic, about how medicine has changed the end of life. He talks about the…
By Haider Javed Warraich, New York Times Nov. 24, 2015 Many late-stage dementia patients develop difficulties in swallowing and frequently aspirate food or other stomach contents into their lungs, developing pneumonia. "Study after study, however, has shown that tube feeding…