Personal Health, End-of-life Care

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Form

Posted January 15th, 2009 in Managing Your Practice, Personal Health

The California Coalition for Compassionate Care is a statewide partnership of more than 60 regional and statewide organizations dedicated to the advancement of palliative medicine and end-of-life care in California. Its mission is to promote high-quality, compassionate end-of-life care for all Californians.

Topics: DNR, do not resuscitate, End-of-life Care, Healthcare News and Updates, POLST

Do Not Resuscitate — Advance Directives for EMS

Posted January 15th, 2009 in Managing Your Practice, Personal Health

From the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA), whose mission is to ensure quality patient care by administering an effective, statewide system of coordinated emergency medical care, injury prevention, and disaster medical response.

DO NOT RESUSCITATE — ADVANCE DIRECTIVES FOR EMS: Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Topics: DNR, DNR Form, do not resuscitate, emergency directives, End-of-life Care, Healthcare News and Updates, POLST

Physician Assistance-in-Dying

Posted October 10th, 2008 in Health Policy, Personal Health

This past June, testimony from the California Medical Association contributed to a missed opportunity for California patients and their physicians. Legal counsel for CMA told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that AB 651, the California Compassionate Choices Act, would be bad medicine. By a 3-to-2 vote, the committee killed the bill. Speaking as a doctor who has practiced medicine in this state for 36 years, I think that’s a shame.

Topics: Bioethics, End-of-life Care, PAS, Physician-assisted Suicide

San Diego Bioethics Commission

Posted September 11th, 2008 in Health Policy, Personal Health

The San Diego Bioethics Commission, chaired by Lynette Cederquist MD (USCD) and Paula Goodman-Crews LCSW (Kaiser Permanente), was developed within the San Diego County Medical Society (SDCMS) with a vision of bringing together San Diego County's medical community to develop standards in bioethics practices. Very few communities have organized such an effort! At this point in time, there is only one other bioethics commission in California of which we are aware, the Southern California Bioethics Consortium, based in Los Angeles.

Topics: Bioethics, End-of-life Care, hospice care, SDCMS Bioethics Commission

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