{"id":9498,"date":"2019-09-06T10:33:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9498"},"modified":"2019-09-18T10:40:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T17:40:23","slug":"the-role-of-nurses-when-patients-decide-to-end-their-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9498","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Nurses When Patients Decide to End Their Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some hospitals and hospices have policies that forbid nurses to be part of the process or even to discuss end-of-life options.     <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>New York Times<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            When Ben Wald, 75, was dying of cancer in 2012, he wanted to use Oregon\u2019s Death with Dignity Act to receive a prescription for a lethal medication that would end his life. His hospice nurse, Linda, was part of the discussion and provided both information and support, said his wife, Pam Wald, of Kings Valley, Ore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n            His colon cancer had spread to his lungs, and his weight dropped from 180 to 118 pounds. He struggled to speak or eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>             When he was ready to end his life, the couple wanted Linda with them, but the hospice organization she worked for did not allow it, Mrs. Wald said. The organization allowed other hospice workers, such as social workers and massage therapists, to be present, but not the doctors or nurses it employed. .  . [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/06\/well\/live\/the-role-of-nurses-when-patients-decide-to-end-their-lives.html\">Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some hospitals and hospices have policies that forbid nurses to be part of the process or even to discuss end-of-life options. New York Times Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi When Ben Wald, 75, was dying of cancer in 2012, he wanted to use Oregon\u2019s Death with Dignity Act to receive a prescription for a lethal medication &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9498\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Role of Nurses When Patients Decide to End Their Lives&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,5,162,28],"tags":[66,1012,3742,261,265],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-usa","tag-american-nurses-association","tag-hospices","tag-liz-stokes","tag-nurses","tag-oregon"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>The Role of Nurses When Patients Decide to End Their Lives - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9498\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Role of Nurses When Patients Decide to End Their Lives - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some hospitals and hospices have policies that forbid nurses to be part of the process or even to discuss end-of-life options. 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