A new study in the Journal of Hepatology highlights this additional source of grafts to help meet the increasing demand for organs and its impact on recipients as well as donors As of 2025, organ ...
Imagine a world where patients with life-limiting illness think about requesting medical assistance to end their own lives before they hear about other options. In caring for patients at the end of ...
Paula Ritchie was the focus of a long New York Times article on June 1, 2025, regarding “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD). She struggled for years with relentless, crippling pain that the doctors ...
Readers respond to a doctor’s essay about the drawbacks of medical-aid-in-dying measures. To the Editor: Re “The Big Flaw in New York’s Assisted Suicide Bill,” by L.S. Dugdale (Opinion guest essay, ...
Hochul framed her decision as one of personal freedom and giving New Yorkers a choice in how their lives end. “We're not ...
Dr. Dugdale is a physician and an ethicist at Columbia University and the author of the book “The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom.” Early in my medical career, I was shocked to learn that ...
As more states adopt laws allowing terminally ill patients to end their own lives, some groups representing disabled people are suing to stop them. In June, New York became the 11th state to pass ...
The Illinois Senate passed a bill that will allow medical assistance in dying. It passed the MAiD bill Thursday night with a 30 to 27 vote. This comes after the House passed the bill in May. A person ...