{"id":26031,"date":"2018-10-03T12:16:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T16:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=26031"},"modified":"2018-10-03T12:16:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T16:16:20","slug":"death-with-dignity-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2018\/10\/03\/death-with-dignity-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Death With Dignity in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Public Forum:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Death with Dignity: <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Should Mass. Pass<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The End of Life Options Act?<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6:30pm<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Worcester Friends Meeting House<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

901 Pleasant St.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

* David M. Clive, MD,<\/span><\/b> Professor of Medicine, UMass Medical School, Worcester, and <\/span>Hospice Physician at Good Shepherd Community Care, Newton<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

* John Berkowitz, Director<\/span><\/b>, Pioneer Valley Death with Dignity <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They will speak, show slides and a short video, and dialogue with Q&A from the audience about this important end-of-life healthcare and personal rights issue <\/span>(Bill H1194 in Mass. Legislature).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

* Wheelchair accessible<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

* Free\u2014donation requested to cover rental cost.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More info: Pioneer Valley Death with Dignity <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

413-387-8439 johnpberk@gmail.com<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Links for more info:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ArchBishop Desmond Tutu Speaks Out in Support of Death with Dignity:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4g2BffV3Ga8<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Miguel Carrasquillo (1981-2016) of Chicago<\/span><\/b> called for Death with Dignity laws before he died at age 35 of a brain tumor in Puerto Rico with his family:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ehxovh3qhaI<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Daily Hampshire Gazette, 8\/29\/18: Legislative Candidates Gather to Show Support for Death with Dignity<\/spanstyle><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.gazettenet.com\/Candidates-gather-to-show-support-for-death-with-dignity-19770617<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Public Forum: Death with Dignity: Should Mass. Pass The End of Life Options Act? Tuesday, Oct. 23, 6:30pm Worcester Friends Meeting House 901 Pleasant St. * David M. Clive, MD, Professor of Medicine, UMass Medical School, Worcester, and Hospice Physician at Good Shepherd Community Care, Newton * John Berkowitz, Director, Pioneer Valley Death with Dignity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26031","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-stevegsposts","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26031"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26039,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26031\/revisions\/26039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}