Archive for 'Palliative Care'
Pain pill recall
A batch of tablets of the painkiller hydromorphone made by the ETHEX corporation has been recalled because they may contain oversized pills containing more of the drug than they should.
“If someone were to take a higher than expected dose of Hydromorphone, the risk of adverse effects known to be associated with the drug may be [...]
Posted: December 24th, 2008 under Drugs & Medicines, Pain Medicine, Palliative Care, Product Recall.
Tags: ETHEX, hydromorphone, Product Recall
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Treatments for Chronic Pain
[ February 4, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ]
“Chronic Pain is a Disease in Its Own Right”
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4,
Central Library
Dr. Alex Cahana, chief of the Division of Pain Medicine at the University of Washington’s Department of Anesthesiology, will talk about new treatments for chronic pain, including medications, devices, injections and alternative therapies.
Central Library
1000 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98104
206-386-4636
Posted: November 23rd, 2008 under Pain Medicine, Palliative Care, Upcoming Events.
Tags: Chronic Pain, Pain, Palliative Medicine
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How to talk with families of intensive care unit patients
When a patient in an intensive care unit is too sick to communicate, it is often the family that must make critical decisions about the patient’s care.
This may mean deciding with the medical team whether to proceed with a difficult operation, for example, or to withdraw life support.
This a situation that many of us are [...]
Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, Social & Family Issues, Uncategorized.
Tags: ICUs, Intensive Care Units, Palliative Care
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Op-ed writers debate I-1000 in the Post-Intelligencer
Two op-ed writers take opposite stands on Initiative 1000, the Death with Dignity Act, which will be before voters this November.
Joyce Mulliken, a former Republican state senator from Moses Lake, argues that Initiative 1000, if passed, would “redefine suicide and elevate it into an alternative medical ‘treatment’.”
“For the vulnerable, depressed and weak, being presented with [...]
Posted: October 8th, 2008 under End-of-Life Care, Ethics, Health-care Issues, Health-care Policy, Palliative Care, Uncategorized.
Tags: Add new tag, Death with Dignity, I-1000, Physician-assisted Suicide
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Most Oregonians asking for aid in dying are not depressed, study finds
In a study that will likely be cited by both sides in the debate over Initiative 1000, the Death with Dignity Act, which is on this November’s ballot in Washington State, researchers found that most Oregonians asking for lethal prescriptions to end their lives under Oregon’s 1994 law that allows physician-assisted suicide are not depressed.
But [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2008 under End-of-Life Care, Ethics, Health-care Policy, Palliative Care, Uncategorized.
Tags: Aid in Dying, Assisted Suicide, Death with Dignity, Physician-assisted Suicide
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Seattle Times picks up coverage of the “Death with Dignity” debate.
The Seattle Times has run a two-article series on the debate over Initiative 1000, which, if passed by voters this Nov. 4, will allow doctors to write prescriptions for a lethal dose of medication to competent adults with a terminal illnesses so they can end their lives if they wish.
In an article in the paper’s [...]
Posted: September 22nd, 2008 under End-of-Life Care, Ethics, Health-care Policy, Palliative Care.
Tags: Doctor-assisted Suicide, Euthanasia, I-1000
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