BIRMINGHAM, AL: Life Legal is working with the daughter of an elderly Alabama woman who has been forced into hospice care against her will. Nancy Scott contacted us in despair after she learned that her elderly mother, Marian Leonard, was transferred to hospice even though Marian is not terminally ill. The state of Alabama placed […]
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JOIN LIFE LEGAL for a webcast featuring Bishop Robert Barron and Pastor Rick Warren discussing why assisted suicide is wrong and how to cope with difficult end of life circumstances in a way that respects human dignity and the sanctity of life. Noted psychiatrist Dr. Aaron Kheriaty and Life Legal attorney Steve Larson will also
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Last week, I had the opportunity to meet three heroes in the fight against the legalization of assisted suicide: 30-year-old former U.S. Marine JJ Hanson, his wife Kristen Hanson, and Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a psychiatrist with the University of California at Irvine’s Neuropsychiatric Center. In 2014, both Brittany Maynard and JJ Hanson were diagnosed with
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From the family of Alex Pierce: It is with a broken heart that I write that Alex has passed away this morning. All continued donations will go towards the costs associated with planning his funeral. We appreciate all the love and prayers that have been said in Alex’s name over this past month. I ask
Life Legal seeks medical personnel willing to provide independent evaluation… Thirteen-year-old Alex Pierce, brain-damaged in Loma Linda Medical Center, faces tests and medical rulings that may end his young life. His family is desperately seeking a physician or hospital to conduct an independent evaluation of Alex’s condition. If you know of medical personnel willing to
Israel Stinson was transferred out of Kaiser Medical Center this weekend!!! He has been taken to another hospital and is currently receiving care. To protect Israel?s privacy and security, we are not yet able to disclose where he is, but we can say this? In order for Israel to receive the care he desperately needs,
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Life Legal appeared in federal court yesterday in the case of Fonseca v. Kaiser Permanente on behalf of two-year-old Israel Stinson. Israel’s parents are seeking a preliminary injunction to keep him on life support while they find another hospital that will accept Israel as a transfer patient. Life Legal Executive Director Alexandra Snyder with brain death expert
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ROSEVILLE, Calif., May 11, 2016 – The following is a statement from Jonee Fonseca, Israel Stinson’s Mother: It has been well over a month now that my fiancé and I have been fighting for our two-year-old son Israel’s life. Doctors at Kaiser Roseville Medical Center declared Israel “brain dead” after an asthma attack left him
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“Physician’s Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment” (POLST) forms were designed as a tool for end-of-life planning. More simple in concept than an advance health care directive, durable power of attorney for health care, or living will, the POLST is an order signed by a doctor that goes into immediate effect. Printed on brightly-colored card stock, the
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Last April I attended a community forum on the topic of “Health Care Decisions at the End of Life,” conducted by medical professionals from a local hospital. One of the presenters, a board-certified specialist in hospice and palliative care, devoted her talk to the POLST form. POLST, an acronym for “Physician’s Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment,”
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