Private Practice (withdrawal of care) CLOSED

Where else do you get to watch TV for class?! :)

Comment to this post.

http://abc.go.com/watch/private-practice/127386/255431/pulling-the-plug

Grey's Anatomy (on suicide) CLOSED

Thanks to several students for alerting me to this episode. Post your comments here about the issue(s), rather than say, side discussions about Dr. McDreamy....

Hospice & Living Wills CLOSED

Comments or questions about hospice? Post them here.

More detail on living wills (which differ by state) can be found at these links:
Kentucky http://www.caringinfo.org/userfiles/File/Kentucky.pdf
Ohio http://www.caringinfo.org/UserFiles/File/Ohio.pdf
Indiana http://www.caringinfo.org/userfiles/File/Indiana.pdf

Remember that most important of all is talking to your family about your wishes. They can't help you if they don't know what you want.

Follow up to 22 March class (euthanasia) CLOSED

Do you want to comment on the Oregon state law legalizing physician-assisted suicide? Comment on the Panicola reading about Catholic traditions relating to death & dying? Compare, contrast, or comment on any of the euthanasia readings (Rachels, Callahan, Brock)? You are invited to make any of those comments here.

"Last Lecture" Randy Pausch CLOSED

After watching the video of Dr. Pausch's "last lecture", comment here.

Video at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184#

Current Events: Health Care

What do you see in the news that is related to class? We'll talk about social justice and health care systems later, but since there is pending legislative action on a U.S. health care overhaul, you might want to comment on that (keep it philosophical, please, no political grandstanding). Other current events we might see include advances in genetic technologies, cases like the OctoMom from a few years ago or cases where parents don't take their children for medical treatment due to religious objections and the children die or get very sick, etc. I'll try to prompt you on these stories, but you might see them first.

Bill Moyers' film on death & dying CLOSED

Students,

What did you think about the death & dying film? You can respond here with just your reactions and/or you can specifically respond to one or a few of the questions from your handout (sent in email with the agenda for last week's class).