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		<title>Emerging Issues in Palliative Care Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: Tuesday December 6th, 2011
Location: Cardoza Law School, 55 5th Avenue, NYC, Room 204
See Flyer for Details:
Cardozo_Law_School_Dec_6_2011_Palliative_Care_Conf_flyer
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		<title>Protect your wishes by filling out health care proxy</title>
		<link>http://westchesterendoflife.org/articles/protect-your-wishes-by-filling-out-health-care-proxy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David C. Leven and Mary Beth Morrissey 
In February a new patient&#8217;s rights law, the Palliative Care Information Act, became effective in New York. Terminally ill patients now have the right to receive information and counseling regarding palliative care and end-of-life options. Many of us, when terminally ill, will no longer have decision-making capacity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Health Care Decisions Act Summary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Family Health Care Decisions Act establishes the authority of a patient’s family member or close friend to make health care decisions for the patient in cases where a patient lacks decisional capacity and did not leave prior instructions or appoint a health care agent. The family member or close friend’s decision making authority would include the authority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palliative Care Information Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Palliative Care Information Act (PCIA), Public Health Law, Section 2997-c, effective February,
2011, is a critically important patients’ rights law and a model for the nation. Terminally ill patients now
have a clearly defined right to receive information and counseling about their palliative care and end-oflife
options, including hospice. This will enable them to make informed treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Heartfelt Appeal for a Graceful Exit</title>
		<link>http://westchesterendoflife.org/articles/a-heartfelt-appeal-for-a-graceful-exit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Modern medicine can keep people alive into their 9th and 10th decades, when in years past they would have succumbed to any number of conditions. Now a small but growing number of these people are asking why. What is the point of living so long if you can no longer enjoy living? What is the point of living until your mind turns to marshmallow and you are reduced to an existence that is less than human?]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors&#8217; Recognition of Approaching Death in Terminal Patients Seen Unreliable</title>
		<link>http://westchesterendoflife.org/articles/doctors-recognition-of-approaching-death-in-terminal-patients-seen-unreliable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Physician estimates of survival in terminally ill cancer patients are quite imprecise, especially for patients near death, according to findings published in the August 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.]]></description>
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		<title>Terminal Patients Prefer Less Costly In-Home End-of-Life Care</title>
		<link>http://westchesterendoflife.org/articles/terminal-patients-prefer-less-costly-in-home-end-of-life-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In-home palliative care for terminally ill patients can improve patient satisfaction while reducing medical care costs, researchers report in the July issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. The team says the findings provide "strong evidence for reforming end-of-life care."]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Hospice &#8211; An Underutilized Option for Life&#8217;s Final Chapter</title>
		<link>http://westchesterendoflife.org/articles/understanding-hospice-an-underutilized-option-for-lifes-final-chapter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduced in the United States as a grassroots movement more than 30 years ago and added as a Medicare entitlement in 1983, hospice care is now considered part of mainstream medicine, as evidenced by growing patient enrollment and Medicare expenditures (see table). In 2005, more than 1.2 million Americans received hospice care, and between 2000 and 2004, the percentage of Medicare decedents that had been enrolled in hospice programs increased by almost 50%. But despite its increased use, many aspects of hospice care are still misunderstood by both physicians and patients.]]></description>
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		<title>Schiavo case points to need for health-care proxies, living wills</title>
		<link>http://westchesterendoflife.org/articles/schiavo-case-points-to-need-for-health-care-proxies-living-wills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2005 20:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local lawyers and health advocates say the life-and-death decisions being debated in the Terri Schiavo case should serve as a reminder to people of the importance of drawing up living wills and health-care proxies.

"It's definitely raising public awareness,'' Peekskill lawyer Donald Singer said. He said he's provided several clients with health-care proxies.]]></description>
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		<title>Unanticipated Turns</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2005 20:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In tandem with the Sarah Lawrence College Health Advocacy Program, the coalition is drawing attention to New York's underused Health Care Proxy Law, which allows people 18 and over to appoint someone they trust to make health-care decisions [More...] for them in the event they lose the ability to make or communicate decisions on their own. An easy-to-fill-out form, available on the Web, allows New Yorkers to designate their proxy, the extent of the proxy's authority, and what kinds of treatments they favor or oppose.]]></description>
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