RSS Feed for www.dyingwithdignity.ca Blog Posts http:///resources/blog_news.php Thu, 17 May 2012 05:45:55 -0700 http://www.smallboxsoftware.com EN Australian Politicians Hiding Under Their Desks http:///resources/blog_news/post/231.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost231 Wed, 16 May 2012 02:32:05 -0700 As in Canada, about 3 out of 4 people in Australia are in favour of medically assisted dying and the politicians in Oz seem to be like ours....they are avoiding the issue. Board Member Receives Honourable Mention for Dying With Dignity Article http:///resources/blog_news/post/232.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost232 Thu, 17 May 2012 05:45:55 -0700 DWD Board Member and Past President, Sheila Noyes, receives honourable mention for her article on Dying With Dignity in the United Church Observer. U.K.'s Archbishop speaks out on dying with dignity http:///resources/blog_news/post/229.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost229 Mon, 14 May 2012 05:07:49 -0700 Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York in England believes that we should all talk about and acknowledge that death is part of life. Gloria Taylor Confirmed for AGM http:///resources/blog_news/post/227.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost227 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:55:35 -0700 Gloria Taylor will attend our Annual General Meeting in Toronto on June 3rd. Cancer patient wants a choice. http:///resources/blog_news/post/226.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost226 Sun, 13 May 2012 04:50:47 -0700 On 15th April we posted on this blog that two doctors in New Mexico were going to court to change the law concerning medically assisted dying. Now, a lady with cancer is joining the case because she wants the choice of how and when to end her own life. Farewell from Nagui Morcos http:///resources/blog_news/post/223.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost223 Mon, 07 May 2012 07:12:34 -0700 Read Nagui Morcos's final letter to his family and friends as read at his memorial service this past Saturday. 'Living wills' need to be completely clear, rules judge http:///resources/blog_news/post/222.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost222 Wed, 02 May 2012 01:41:32 -0700 Good-bye to Nagui Morcos http:///resources/blog_news/post/220.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost220 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:12:54 -0700 DWD has lost a true supporter and a dear friend. On April 22nd, Nagui Morcos died as he lived, with great dignity in the face of a very cruel disease. One Last Helping Hand http:///resources/blog_news/post/219.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost219 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:16:15 -0700 When Rosemary asked her son-in-law James Ross to look at the logistics of an assisted suicide at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland he wasn't sure if he could do it. Here he tells how he joined her daughters on their mother's final journey from the U.K. to Switzerland. Ethics in the ER http:///resources/blog_news/post/218.php www.dyingwithdignity.capost218 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:36:33 -0700 For the physician in Emerg, their number one priority is to rescue and save. When faced with the option of not rescuing and not saving, it can sometimes go against their training and intuition and instincts.