End of Life Counseling Returns in Regulations
Section 1223 is back as regulation and the right wing is in a tizzy again.
. . . turns out she [Palin] was right after all. (Riehl World)
PALIN WAS RIGHT. But informed conservatives have known that for well over a year. (Frugal Cafe)
Obama administration installing “death panels.” Palin was right after all. (Liberty Pundits)
Say goodbye to grandma and grandpa. (Sandra Rose)
Sigh.
As someone who has gone through hospice with several close friends and family members this sort of talk infuriates me.
Sitting in doctor’s office with a loved one and hearing that there isn’t another treatment, or another form of chemo is devastating. No matter how prepared you think you are for those words, you’re not. Immediately, you can’t breath – you can’t think. Sometimes you can’t even cry, because you can’t process.
Every year we give money to hospice. The support they offer is immeasurable.
As far as advanced directives… who wouldn’t want some say over the end of their life? Whether that say is a DNR or do everything possible.
Sarah Palin has turned personal, heartbreaking decisions/situations into disgusting political sport. She mocks the terminally ill by pretending there is another option other than death. It is a vile game played by a shallow woman to score points with her idiot base.
And the End of Life Counseling is just as important to the family, and, yes, I’m speaking from experience. As a nurse my mother-in-law had given much though to her end of life and when she got sick, she knew what she was going to do and not do. Obviously, her children knew as well, but knowing and experiencing are two different things. Hospice was a beautiful experience not only from my mother-in-law, but for my wife and me.
Like all issues that the right-wing and the fringe left boil down to phrases, this shouldn’t be one.
and if Sarah was at all serious about this “death panel” business she’d be losing her shit over those transplant patients in Arizona right?
Right, V.
Do these people fail to comprehend that you can, in fact, make end-of-life plans that indicate you desire the most aggressive treatment and life support options available?
I just can’t get my head into a stupid enough mindset where “Talk about end-of-life planning with your doctor” translates into “Hide yo grandmas because they be killin’ everybody up in here.”
I’m so sick of Palin and her stupid ideas. She’s basically anti-information. She opposes Michelle Obama’s obesity programs (which aren’t outlawing cupcakes in schools) because she can. M.O.’s program is about education and offering healthy choices. It’s not about forcing people to do anything. I’m pretty sick of the Palin war on giving people information. The end-of-life proposals are great ideas. They not only reduce costs (studies show less hospitalizations), they also give families peace-of-mind and probably avoids some costly legal battles. Why is Palin against it? Because she is. She’s all about scaring people.
Huckabee even spoke out against Palin’s obesity remarks.
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/other/135221-conservatives-blast-palins-attacks-on-obamas-anti-obesity-campaign