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BCoombsLee

  1. Wise words from Dr. Todd Huffman about his end-of-life priorities. oregonlive.com/opinion/index.… 12:45 PM May 22nd via Tweet Button
  2. Success! Awareness is growing on harsh, fruitless end-of-life treatment. This on dialysis patients. tinyurl.com/6wou5pc 12:27 PM May 7th via web
  3. Abusive and disreputable funeral businesses means you need advance planning to avoid execssive cost. tinyurl.com/8ykpzwz 8:48 AM Apr 30th via web
  4. Overtreatment in Cancer: Common Sense Medicine huff.to/HEzxMa via @HuffingtonPost 8:13 AM Apr 16th via Tweet Button
  5. Cancer docs should, but probably won't, stop using treatments that don't work. Pts must learn to ask smart questions. tinyurl.com/78gm6fg 8:12 AM Apr 16th via web
  6. In a turnaround, most Americans now want to keep religion out of political dialogue. tinyurl.com/7mg5oam 10:21 AM Mar 22nd via web
  7. Psychiatrist calls for language change. Just as "asylum" became "hospital", "suicide" should be "assisted dying." tinyurl.com/7vwpd24 12:18 PM Mar 19th via web
  8. New study: when ICU beds are scarce goals after clinical deterioration change to comfort, but mortality not affected. tinyurl.com/7m2prbk 11:14 AM Mar 19th via web
  9. Study shows palliative care often seen as "murder." Providers need better legal protection than "intention" laws. tinyurl.com/7xnlzzr 10:15 AM Mar 13th via web
  10. Study shows 20 year advance directive education drive in LaCrosse has no effect. Why? tinyurl.com/7fbwwmb 2:43 PM Mar 5th via web
  11. Here is proper url for "Wise insighful" article previously cited. sorry tinyurl.com/6mgrblr 5:35 PM Feb 27th via web
  12. Study shows elaborate quality assurance intervention had no effect on ICU behavior or patient suffering. tinyurl.com/86muoua 5:07 PM Feb 27th via web
  13. Wise, insightful article with pointers to reduce suffering and excessive care. Must read! tinyurl.com/78ahgzm 2:59 PM Feb 27th via web
  14. USA Today reports over 500K have visited ePrognosis website. Elders are hungry for info to make rational decisions. eprognosis.org 11:02 AM Feb 27th via web
  15. New study shows oncologists talk with only 27% of dying cancer patients about end-of-life matters, and too late. tinyurl.com/7m4pc2k 10:00 AM Feb 23rd via web
  16. Bishops would use Catholic hospitals to restrict religious freedom of healthcare consumers. tinyurl.com/7tbvdyx 9:20 AM Feb 17th via web
  17. KY Gov rejects Catholic takeover of pubic hospital. Public, nonsectarian healthcare saved! tinyurl.com/6whlxgs 7:33 PM Dec 30th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
  18. Important issue described here: Shocking ending: Implanted defibrillators can bring misery to final hours vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/… via @msnbc 11:12 AM Oct 10th, 2011 via Tweet Button
  19. Celebration tonight. Reception to open DC office of C&C. Thanks to all who made it possible. 6:24 PM Oct 4th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone
  20. Response in NEJM today to doctor complaints of NY Pall Care Info Act. Doctors must begin the essential conversation tinyurl.com/3coqumu 2:15 PM Sep 1st, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone