What does it mean to “enter hospice care?”
It was recently announced that former President Jimmy Carter, 98, had chosen to enter hospice care at home. What does that mean? Choosing...
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Your life, your choice:
Advance Care Planning for Serious Illness
Kelly Largey
- Jan 17
How does your garden grow? In the future, it could be with human compost.
Human composting, or Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), is now legal in six states.
Kelly Largey
- Dec 19, 2022
Massachusetts declines to legalize Medical Aid in Dying
On December 19 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) declined to legalize Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). In states that allow...
Kelly Largey
- Nov 17, 2022
What can we learn from Canada about Medical Aid in Dying?
Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) laws are intended to save people from prolonged suffering at the end of their lives. Where MAiD is legal, a...
Kelly Largey
- Aug 2, 2022
Does the risk of abuse make Medical Aid in Dying too dangerous?
Opponents of Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) cite its potential for abuse. Compassion and Choices, a pro-MAID advocacy group, claims there...
Kelly Largey
- Jul 22, 2022
Controlling death without medical aid: Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking
In the 40 states where Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) is illegal, terminally ill people who want to control the time and manner of their...
Kelly Largey
- Jul 12, 2022
Massachusetts could be the next state to permit Medical Aid in Dying
Massachusetts may join ten other states and the District of Columbia that make it legal for terminally ill adults to request medication...
Kelly Largey
- Jul 6, 2022
Which states allow Medical Aid in Dying?
In ten states and the District of Columbia, a doctor may prescribe lethal medication to a terminally ill patient who requests it. Medical...
Kelly Largey
- Jun 27, 2022
Medical Aid in Dying: suicide by another name?
What should we call it when we let a terminally ill person control the time and manner of their death? Currently, ten states and the...
Kelly Largey
- Sep 22, 2021
Honoring a dying person’s wish to live in denial
My blog post, Living in the Moments: End-of-Life conversations with a person in denial was published by The Conversation Project on...
Kelly Largey
- Apr 7, 2021
Planning tools: Good to Go! Departure File
This post is one in a series about tools to help you document and share your end-of-life wishes. I am not affiliated with the tools'...
Kelly Largey
- Apr 7, 2021
Planning tools: Five Wishes
This post is one in a series about tools to help you document and share your end-of-life wishes. I am not affiliated with the tools'...
Kelly Largey
- Apr 7, 2021
Planning tools: Cake
This post is one in a series about tools to help you document and share your end-of-life wishes. I am not affiliated with the tools'...
Kelly Largey
- Feb 18, 2021
Setting the scene for end-of-life care conversations
What would matter most to you if you were at the end of your life? Would you want to be at home, if possible, or in a care facility or...
Kelly Largey
- Dec 19, 2019
The Death Disruptors
I participated in the third annual End Well Symposium on December 5. The event is a TED-like forum that brings together medical...
Kelly Largey
- Dec 3, 2019
Let's talk about dying
“Have you thought about your wishes for end-of-life care?” I don’t recommend this opener for a networking event, although it’s a good...
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