Jun. 17, 2024 14:30 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Lisa Walling’s first house call of the day was with a particularly fluffy hospice patient — a 13-year-old Newfoundland named Rugby.
Rugby happily licked a plate of peanut butter as Walling inserted needles along her back; acupuncture and a ketamine injection...
Jun. 04, 2024 14:50 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska funeral home discovered that a 74-year-old hospice patient who was declared dead by her nursing home two hours earlier was actually still alive, so workers started CPR and she was rushed to a hospital, where she died hours later.
It's not clear how...
Apr. 18, 2024 18:28 PM EDT
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A bill allowing doctor-assisted suicide in Delaware narrowly cleared the Democrat-led House on Thursday and now goes to the state Senate for consideration.
The bill is the latest iteration of legislation that has been repeatedly introduced by Newark Democrat Paul...
Apr. 10, 2024 17:06 PM EDT
PARIS (AP) — France’s government presented a bill Wednesday to allow adults with terminal cancer or other incurable illness to take lethal medication, as public demands grow for legal options for aid in dying.
Many French people have traveled to neighboring countries where...